USPS Emergency Preparedness Overview

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Day 1 Outline
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• Welcome
• USPS Emergency Preparedness Overview
• Emergency Preparedness Timeline
• Integrated Emergency Management Plan Overview
• Emergency Management Team Overview
• EP District Support
• Breakouts

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Emergency Preparedness (EP)
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Briefing Slide
USPS EP

• Background
• Approach
• Goals
• One Plan
• One Team
• Agency Alignment

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Background
USPS EP

• Events of Fall 2001
• 3/02 Memo from the COO/SVRP HR Integrated
  Emergency Management Principles to apply to
  postal policy for EAP, CMP, COOP
• 12/02 Emergency Management Committee (EMC-Senior
  Executives) and Emergency Management Work Group
  (EMWG- Functional Manager) established
• 1/04 Emergency Preparedness Policy Memo to
  implement NRP and NIMS as required by HSPD-5

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Approach
USPS EP

• All Hazards Approach using National Incident
  Command System (ICS) Discipline

Coordinated Emergency Management
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Goals
USPS EP
Protecting Employees
IEMP
Managing the Crisis
Maintaining Operations
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One Plan (IEMP)
USPS EP

• Combines existing plans
• All-hazards approach
• Annexes for specific emergency types grouped as
  human-caused, technological, or natural

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One Team (EMT)
USPS EP

• Combines existing teams
• Uses the national ICS discipline
• Interacts with community first responders
• Interacts with local public health agencies

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Agency Alignment
USPS EP

• Successful Emergency Management requires close
  coordination among all functions fits across and
  through the overall USPS hierarchy
• Internal Stakeholders
• External Stakeholders

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USPS Emergency Preparedness
BackgroundPolicy- MI and EM GuideEnabling Tool
PEMS Process Installation/District Interaction

BDS Annex SOP MICT EAPCOOPUSPIS role
Joins existing plans and teams, through the ICS
structure, to cover all hazards/emergencies
District Plan/Team
District IEMP
District EMT Pool
Installation C Plan/Team
Installation A Plan/Team
Installation B Plan/Team
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In Conclusion
USPS EP

• Background
• Approach
• Goals
• One Plan
• One Team
• Agency Alignment
• Any Questions?