Henrik G. Petersen: Comprehensive Preparedness Planning - a

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Comprehensive PreparednessPlanning

-a new approach

Henrik G. Petersen, Head of Department Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA)

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Aim

Boost the overall quality of the preparedness planning

Boost the crisis management capabilities

Means

Easy-to-read guidance providing a coherent planning methodology

Supplemented by tools and templates

Preparedness test (questionnaire /self-test) The RVA-model, RVA60, the scenario bank Descriptions of the sector contingency plans etc. Template for ”the organisation’s general contingency plan”

Comprehensive Preparedness Planning

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ProgrammeManagement

Evaluation

Exercises

Training

Prevention

PlanningAssumptions

Contingency Plans

Planning (what to do day-to-day)

Planning within all seven components

A series of interrelated components - not a circular approach

Needs driven (tool: the preparedness test)

ProgrammeManagement

Evaluation

Exercises

Training

Prevention

PlanningAssumptions

Contingency Plans

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Programme Management

Active senior management involvement

Managing preparedness planning is not different from managing other areas

Broad stakeholder participation

Aim, scope and task

Follow-upactions

Policy andprogrammedocuments

Resourceallocation

ProgrammeManagement

Evaluation

Exercises

Training

Prevention

PlanningAssumtions

Contingency Plans

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Planning Assumptions

Mapping critical

functionsRisk and

vulnerabilityanalyses

Identification of threats &

hazards

The planning assumptions supports the work with the additional six areas

The guidelines is supplemented by simple methods, templates and examples

An open structure – possible to add subareas as needed

ProgrammeManagement

Evaluation

Exercises

Training

Prevention

PlanningAssumptions

Contingency Plans

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Prevention

Measures

Information

Focus on risk reduction – likelihood and/or consequences

Two overall types of prevention: technical/hard and tactical/soft

Work with prevention should be integrated into other planning areas (e.g. land use planning, infrastructure development)

ProgrammeManagement

Evaluation

Exercises

Training

Prevention

PlanningAssumtions

Contingency Plans

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Training

Courses

On-the-jobTraining

Seminars

Whom of the employees should be required and/or offered training?

What subjects should the employees be trained in? (General and specialized courses)

How should the training be conducted? (Competences can be obtained by several methods)

Litterature

ProgrammeManagement

Evaluation

Exercises

Training

Prevention

PlanningAssumtions

Contingency Plans

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Exercises

Train employees, test plans and procedures, test equipment and techniques

Practise regularly and varied regarding course of events and crisis management tasks

Both internal exercises and participate in cross-disciplinary exercises arranged by others

Full-scale (FTX)

Crisismanagement

(CMX)

Alarm drills

Table top

ProgrammeManagement

Evaluation

Exercises

Training

Prevention

PlanningAssumtions

Contingency Plans

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Evaluation

Evaluation ofexercises

Evaluation ofIncidents and

responses

Thorough and systematic studies – e.g. a debriefing is not an evaluation

The aim is to learn from incidents and exercises – not merely document their course of events

Focus on vulnerabilities and possibilities for improvement – but also focus on what worked

ProgrammeManagement

Evaluation

Exercises

Training

Prevention

PlanningAssumtions

Contingency Plans

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Contingency Plans

Clear distinction between planning and crisis management

Focus on action oriented contingency plans (what do you need in a crisis?)

The five core tasks in crisis management

ProgrammeManagement

Evaluation

Exercises

Training

Prevention

PlanningAssumtions

Contingency Plans

Response

Crisiscommunication

Coordination ofactions andresources

Informationmanagement

Activating and operating

the CMOPurpose,

scope and responsibilities

The five core taks in crisis management

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Joint situation assessment

Coordinated external communication Coordinated decision-making

Report on current situation assessmentand coordination in the event of a crisis, SEMA, 2006

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Response

Crisiscommunication

Coordination ofactions andresources

Informationmanagement

Activating and operating

the CMOPurpose,

scope and responsibilities

The five Core Tasks in Crisis Management

Contingency plans – requirements and structure

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Requirements

The plans must be action driven

Only include the information that is necessary during a crisis

Clear guidance/precise instructions regarding who does what, when and how (”check list”).

The plan must be realistic

Procedures must work in real life/practice – also under pressure/stress.

The plan must be user-friendly

Logical structure/layout, easy reference, plain language.

As brief as possible.

The plan must also be: Accessible, read, understood, updated and tested.

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How can a general contingency plan be structured?

A brief introduction

The five core tasks of crisis management (one chapter each)

Attach as appendix or seperate documents:

Subplans for decentralized/deattached organisational units and subordinated institutions.

Response plans with guidance for the operationale management of specific incidents.

”Action cards” with brief instructions on actions in relation to specific tasks.

Templates, lists, descriptions and other documents that can support crisis management

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The organisation’sgeneral contingency plan

Introduction1 Activating the CMO2 Information management3 Coordination4 Crisis communication-------------------------------5 Survey of subplans and response plans

Appendix to the general plan

Subplan Directorate A

Subplan Directorate B

Subplan Directorate C

Response plan Pandemic

Response planPollution of drinking water

Response planFlood

Instructions

Templates

Forms/Blankets/DirectionsLists

Instructions

Templates

Forms

Lists

How can an overall contingency plan be structured?

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ProgrammeManagement

Evaluation

Exercises

Training

Prevention

PlanningAssumptions

Contingency Plans

Response

Crisiscommunication

Coordination ofactions andresources

Informationmanagement

Activating and operating

the CMOPurpose,

scope and responsibilities

Comprehensive Preparedness Planning- planning for crisis management

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The way ahead

Expert meeting prior to CBSS DG-meeting/2009

CBSS DG-meeting i Copenhagen 26 - 27 March 2009

Creating a BSR network of experts (on Comprehensive Preparedness Planning)?

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