| US National Response Plan for disasters and terrorist attacks launched
The National Response Plan incorporates best practices and procedures from emergency management, law enforcement, firefighting, public works, emergency medical services and the private sector, integrating them into a unified disaster recovery and management structure. An increased emphasis on local response is established in the plan. Meanwhile, communications between federal, non-governmental and local agencies involved in emergency response is enhanced. Standardised organisational and communications training will occur through the National Incident Management System. For more information on the National Response Plan, visit http://www.dhs.gov/nationalresponseplan First responders and incident management authorities may call 1-800-368-6498 [8 am to 7 pm EST Weekdays]. FEMA has developed an online training package which will help introduce emergency management practitioners to the NRP, including the concept of operations upon which the plan is built, the roles and responsibilities of the key players, and the organisational structures used to manage response resources. The course, located at training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is800.asp is designed primarily for DHS and other Federal department/agency staff responsible for implementing the National Response Plan. State, local and private sector emergency management professionals will also benefit from taking this distance learning course.
•Date:
7th January 2005 • Region: N.America •Type:
Article •Topic:
Terrorism |
