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Course: Developing and Revising Your Local Emergency Operations Plan

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This is a half-day workshop designed to familiarize local governments, agencies, colleges/universities, and officials with VDEM’s local emergency operations plan (EOP) template and to show how it can be used in the planning process. The course will follow the planning process outlined in the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide, 101 (CPG-101). It will include an overview of the planning process and demonstrate how a functional format can be converted to an Emergency Support Function (ESF) format and discuss the benefits of this format to your community.

The workshop will combine a variety of methods including a nuts and bolts presentation, hands-on activities, and class discussions. The hands-on activities will provide work product participants can use in their local EOPs. The intended audience is local government emergency coordinators, planners and those they will work with in developing or revising their local EOP such as; local government administration, college/university EM planners, law enforcement, fire/rescue, public works, DSS, ARC, etc.

Workshop Objectives:

Upon completion of the workshop, participants should be able to

• Understand the purpose of the template
• Understand the planning process outlined in Comprehensive Preparedness Guide, 101 (Department of Homeland Security)
• Understand how to convert the functional annex format from to the ESF format.

Link to EOP Template: http://www.vaemergency.gov/library/plans/local_eop.cfm

Link to CPG101: http://www.fema.gov/about/divisions/cpg.shtm

Program: EM Training
Credit: hours
Prerequisite: here are no prerequisites for this course, but we recommend reviewing the Local EOP template and CPG 101 before attending the class. Links to these materials will be provided when you register on-line. Participants are also encouraged to bring their own EOP to use a reference as well.

Contact Information:
     Eileen Tarr
     eileen.tarr@vdem.virginia.gov
     804-987-6500 Ext. 6529