Emergency Preparedness DBQ 1
Instructions for discussion board post: 1 page AMA format
Refer to Figure 1 on Page 2 of FEMA’s Incident Action Planning Guide (attached). Then using internet resources to search online, locate an Incident Action Plan (IAP) for the one of the levels of state, federal, county or city agencies shown in Figure 1. The agency can be in your local community (Orlando, FL) or another location. Note that an IAP is NOT the same as an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)...an IAP is a planned response to manage targeted events. Review the Incident Action Plan and then comment on the following in your post:
· Title, Agency and Location of the IAP. Please include a link to the IAP you have chosen in your post.
· How closely does the IAP adhere to or differ from the recommendations in FEMA’s IAP planning guide?
· Provide one suggestion for how this IAP could be improved upon to more closely follow the FEMA guidelines
Instructions for response to classmate’s Post: ½-1 page AMA format
Review your classmates’ postings and select one person to respond to. Based on your classmate’s critique, please do the following:
· Comment briefly on the similarities or differences in approaches between the IAP you chose and the IAP your classmate chose.
· Discuss the factors that may have influenced the differences/similarities. This can include a consideration of geographic influences, population, agency responsibilities, etc.
Classmate Alexis’ post:
Thomas Fire IAP
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Thomas INCIDENT ACTION PLAN was a multi-agency collaborative which consisted of the California fire, sheriff, and forest service department and Ventura fire department, City of San Buena Aventura, and the County of Santa Barbara. Due to the wildfires in California, the IAP was put in place with a unified command.1
https://ftp.nifc.gov/public/incident_specific_data/calif_s/!CALFIRE/2017_Incidents/CA-VNC-103156_Thomas/IAP/Thomas%20Fire%20IAP%2012-7-17.pdf .
The IAP mostly adhered to FEMA’s IAP planning guide with the exception of modified lists and abbreviations. Although there were a few differences with the IAP from the planning guide, there will many similarities. The IAP used an organizational assignment list to clearly identify incident commanders, command staff, section chiefs, and other pertinent personnel within each section.1Additionally, operational assignment lists of resources identifier, leader, personnel, resource request number, time and location of resources were also well organized. The geographical organization was also well marked in order to control the spread of the fire as well as identify and mitigate various hazards.1 The medical plan, radio communications plan, and air operations, along with other important information such as fire behavior and weather forecast were also detailed and well organized to aid in the mitigation of the incident. Despite the fact that I think that the IAP was well organized and detailed, there were several abbreviations that were unfamiliar. Based on the weekly FEMA training, I would recommend that common terminology and abbreviations be used to avoid confusion and miscommunication.2Also, some information on the cover sheet was missing such as the identifier of the disaster and coordinates, so I would also recommend that the coversheet list all recommended information.2
References
1. Thomas Incident Action Plan. https://ftp.nifc.gov/public/incident_specific_data/calif_s/!CALFIRE/2017_Incidents/CA-VNC-103156_Thomas/IAP/Thomas%20Fire%20IAP%2012-7-17.pdf. December 7, 2017. Accessed July 6, 2018.
2. Incident Action Planning Guide. FEMA website. https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/25028. January 2012. Accessed July 5, 2018.
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