Hurricane Operational Plan

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Hurricane Operational Plan

• North Carolina Division of Emergency Management

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Plan Components

• Purpose
• Situation
• Mission

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Plan Components (continued)

• Concept of Operation
• Pre Landfall
• Post Landfall
• SERT Organization
• Unit Responsibilities

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Plan Components (continued)

• Administration
• Communications

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Plan Attachments

• Protective Action Guidance
• EOC Operational Conditions
• Area of Operation Organization
• Education and Emergency Information News Releases

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Plans Purpose

• . . . to outline the actions and coordination
  procedures that the state EOC and SERT will
  follow when a hurricane threatens North Carolina.

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Situation

• . . . plan becomes effective when a storm poses
  a threat to North Carolina, and all actions
  initiated by SERT are in response to a worst-case
  scenario, i.e., category 5 hurricane.

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Mission

• . . . SERT is responsible for assisting local
  government with technical assistance and resource
  support during a hurricane threat to North
  Carolina.

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Concept of Operation

• Pre Landfall
• Condition 1
• Condition 2
• Condition 3
• Condition 4
• Post Landfall

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SERT Organization

• Operations
• Emergency Services Branch
• Human Services Branch
• Infrastructure Support Branch
• Field Services Branch
• Logistics
• Operations Support Branch

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SERT Organization (continued)

• Information and Planning
• Communications Branch
• Planning Support Branch
• Technical Services Branch
• Education and Emergency Information
• Finance

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Unit Responsibilities

• By Operational Conditions . . .

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Administration

• Identifies reporting and briefing processes used
  by the state EOC and SERT during hurricane
  threats
• Incident Action Plans
• Situation Reports
• Coordination Conference Calls

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Communications

• Identifies the communications process the state
  EOC and SERT will use during hurricane threats
• Conference Calls
• Message Flow - internal and external
• Satellite Communication
• Landline Communication

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Protective Action Guidance

• Establishes operational procedures for SERT to
  assist in the development of protective action
  operational plans
• Actions that a state or local government
  undertakes to help ensure the publics safety
  when a hurricane threatens . . .

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Protective Action Guidance (continued)

• Actions for coordination
• public information dissemination
• evacuation orders
• shelter locations

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Protective Action Concept of Operation

• Coordination will begin at Condition 2
• Actions coordinated within Areas of Operation
• Actions coordinated through conference calls

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Protective Action Operational Plan Development

• Two part process
• Planning Element
• Operational Element
• Planning Element constitutes the strategy
  development for the next operational period

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Protective Action Plan Operational Development
(cont.)

• Operational Element constitutes the
  implementation of the strategies identified for
  the operational period
• SERT will recommend general protective actions
  based on the threat and operational conditions

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In Summary . . .

• Operational plan that outlines policy and
  procedures for managing hurricane threats
• Supports the state EOP