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Model Town Emergency Operations Plan

NCJ Number
193181
Date Published
March 1996
Length
75 pages
Annotation
This is a local level integrated emergency management manual that describes the emergency-disaster response of towns in Vermont.
Abstract
The plan provides a framework for use in performing emergency functions during a major emergency or disaster in a town. It is intended to provide a means to use all available resources to mitigate or prevent potential emergencies or disasters whenever possible, prepare to deal efficiently with the effects of inevitable events, respond to the need to save lives and protect property, and promote means to recover rapidly from unavoidable damages. The plan is intended to be both generic and hazard specific, covering the entire range of emergency and disaster situations from natural to technological hazards. It is a reference of emergency-disaster information and the basic source of data considered necessary to accomplish emergency missions. It is designed to help the user determine what is to be done and who will do it. It may also include information relative to when and where the response will be effective and even why it will be done. Each participating organization will develop procedures describing how to carry out its assignment in support of the plan. Annexes, appendixes