EOP Basic Plan

Purpose

The EOP provides the management structure, key responsibilities, emergency assignments, and general procedures to follow during and immediately after an emergency. The College has established the EOP to address the immediate requirements for a major disaster or emergency in which normal operations are interrupted and special measures must be taken to:

• Protect and preserve human life, health and well-being;
• Minimize damage to the natural environment;
• Minimize loss, damage or disruption to the College’s facilities, resources and operations.

The EOP does not supersede or replace the procedures for safety, hazardous materials response or other procedures that are already in place at the College. The EOP supplements existing procedures with an ICS management structure, which provides for the immediate focus of management on response operations and the early transition to recovery operations:

• Define Emergency Management authority, roles, functions, responsibilities;
• Establish procedures for communication and information management (notification, public information, documentation);
• Provide framework for decision-making (EOP activation, level of response, coordination of response);
• Use college resources efficiently during emergency response;
• Coordinate with other emergency response agencies;
• Minimize disruption to operations.

The campus EOP consists of a Basic Plan, which provides fundamental background information for the EOP; Functional Annexes, which describe how key functions of the college will be accomplished during an emergency; Hazard-Specific Annexes, which describe individual natural and manmade threats, and methods to prepare for and respond to these threats. The EOP includes sections containing Appendices and Standard Operating Procedures.