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CAPGuidanceandGoundRules1.pdf
ReviewofIndependentlySelectedResource.pdf
CAPSupportRequestLetter.pdf
CAPTemplate21.docx
CAPTemplate2.docx
CAPGuidanceandGoundRules1.pdf
CAP Guidance and Ground Rules
1. Please reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns.
2. You must use the provided CAP Template for the project, and all areas in the template must be addressed.
3. You only need to address a total of 9 threats in your CAP Threat Forecast (3 Natural/Manmade; 3 Product/Process; and 3 Fictitious).
4. You can use and building on the work completed in the Wk2-3 Discussion in your CAP.
5. As a CAP is a team Effort; you can seek help from help each other.
6. You can use any open score material from the internet; you should tailor it to meet your organization.
7. APA is not required in your CAP. You are not required to cite or reference sources in the CAP
8. You can cut and paste information into you CAP
9. Most importantly; Have Fun: Although this is educational, I want it to be an enjoyable project. The overall goal is to ensure you can create an organizational CAP based on its mission, critical functions, and threats.
ReviewofIndependentlySelectedResource.pdf
Review of Independently Selected Resource
If you are reading this, then it can only mean one thing - you have made it to the end of your journey and hopefully, learned a LOT! Congratulations for that! You have taken concepts from what have been three very different fields of study and followed a pretty convoluted path to where you now understand. How they all fit together in a systems context and where you now allow your new-found knowledge to take you - is up to you! You are our future!
You've practiced applying system concepts in the development of a document that could save something important, be it a person, an organization, or a bit of society from destruction by a disaster. What disaster? - well, you had that to figure out too!. You brainstormed, in some cases you forecasted, in some cases you may even have backcasted, but you did - put your finger on a relevant organizational threat and corresponding vulnerability profile. You then developed a plan to mitigate, respond to, and recover from the worst you could envision.
Great job!
So now, it's time to show off - the questions are simple - what did you learn, and what are you going to do with your new-found knowledge?
Good luck with framing your answer, for from that, lies your future!
CAPSupportRequestLetter.pdf
Dr. Darrell Dantzler July 10, 2023 5631 Goshawk Ct
Waldorf, Maryland, 20601
darrell.dantzler@mycampus.apus.edu
TOWHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The student presenting this letter is enrolled in EDMG560, Crisis Action Planning, which is a graduate
course in Emergency and Disaster Management at this university. One of the class assignments is to
develop a Crisis Action Plan for an organization of the student's choice. The student would like to create a
crisis action plan for your organization.
The student will bring a skill set to the project that is pretty unique. He or she has studied the FEMA
Strategic Foresight Initiative; strategic forecasting strategies for business and government; 21st century
threat possibilities; and development of threat profiles. The plan itself will cover the activities of planning
and preparation; mitigation; and response and recovery. Not every organization has the resources to put
someone with this skill set on staff, so this is essentially a free consulting opportunity for your
organization. Since this assignment was established, plans have been put in place in organizations across
the world just like yours-in every type of operation from the North American Air Defense command to the
Daycare Center in your neighborhood. The project is a win-win for all involved.
The student will require a functional knowledge of how your organization operates, and so would benefit
from discussion with a knowledgeable person from your staff. Some organizations have participated by
allowing students access to management working groups, although that's certainly not necessary. No
proprietary, confidential, or classified information is necessary to fill out this plan. The student and the
university appreciate your support. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at 301-219-
9946.
Sincerely,
Darrell Dantzler, PhD
Associate Professor
Emergency and Disaster Management
School of Security and Global Studies
CAPTemplate21.docx
Crisis Action Plan
for
[provide name of organization]
Activation Instructions
[Describe the conditions under which this plan would be activated and who would be responsible and have the authority for the activation]
Table of Contents (Include page numbers)
1. Introduction
a. Mission
b. Purpose
c. Applicability
d. Policy
e. Objectives
f. Assumptions
g. Organization
2. Critical Organizational Functions
a. Staff protection
b. Direct production and processes
c. Support – logistics and personnel
3. Threat Forecast
a. Natural and Man-made Disasters
b. Product and Process Disasters
c. Fictitious Disasters
4. Pre-crisis Mitigation Actions
a. Physical Facility Protection
b. Product and Process Protection
c. Personnel Protection
d. Reputation and Goodwill Protection
5. Response Planning
a. Natural & Man-made Disasters
b. Product & Process Disasters
c. Fictitious Disasters
6. Teams & Authorities
a. Operations Team
b. Communications Team
c. Logistics Team
d. Information Technology Team
e. Administrative Team
7. Recovery and Restoration
a. Physical and facility restoration
b. Reputation and goodwill restoration
c. Emotional and psychological recovery
8. Appendices
a. Appendix A – Team Contact Information
b. Appendix B – Emergency Procedures
c. Appendix C – Team Assignments & Taskings
d. Appendix D – Plan Maintenance
e. Appendix E – Approvals
Introduction
[Give the mission of the organization; describe the purpose for the plan; explain under what circumstances it would be activated; explain how the plan will be used by the organization; depict the expected outcome of the plan activation; give the assumptions used in the development of the plan; and give an overview of the structure that will implement it.
NOTE: If the mission of your organization is emergency response, conducting your routine mission is not a crisis. A crisis is a situation in which you cannot conduct your routine mission. In other words, if the fire department responds to a fire, that may be a crisis to the customer, but not to the fire department. If the fire department hooks up their hose to a hydrant and nothing comes out, that's a crisis to the fire department and is the type of crisis that a plan needs to be written for. Don’t write a plan for accomplishment of your routine mission.]
Critical Organizational Functions
[Give the critical processes and products that must be maintained when operating in crisis mode. Describe what would cause the organization to fail that must be avoided.]
Threat Forecast
(Give an overview of the likely and not-so-likely threats that the organization could face. Include those from natural disasters; man-made disasters; global warming; and any that were generated from the threat forecasting exercise in the forums. You MUST acknowledge and accommodate those threats identified by your instructor and classmates in the forums. Be VERY specific and detailed. ‘My organizations faces a myriad of threats’ is not a threat forecast.
NOTE: A fictitious disaster is defined as something that someone else did or something that did not happen at all that your organization is blamed for. Examples include false newspaper stories. Fictitious disasters are typically handled by the Public Relations function.
ALSO NOTE: Use of the word ‘Zombie’ in this exercise will cause your plan to be returned for resubmission.)
Pre-Crisis Mitigation Actions
(Based upon the threat forecast, describe how your organization will plan to mitigate threats so they will never evolve into crises. Write a mitigation action for each identified threat.) Response Planning
[Describe how the organization would respond to different scenarios: natural and man-made disasters not of its making; product and process disasters of its own making; scenarios in which blame is leveled on the organization for issues it had nothing to do with. Be specific to every identified threat.]
Teams and Authorities
[List the contingency teams that will organize to respond to the crisis and the authority it will operate under. Many organizations form special teams to deal with special situations. If your organization is small and uses its routine organization for threat response, that’s fine.]
Recovery and Restoration
(Describe how your organization will recover once the crisis has past. Give a recovery plan for each threat, plus talk about how the organization as a whole will recover.) Appendices
Appendix A
[Give specific contact information of the individuals on your crisis action teams]
Appendix B
[Give detailed processes for implementing this plan – who, what, when, where, how]
Appendix C
[Give team taskings]
Appendix D
[Describe who and under what circumstances this plan will be maintained]
Appendix E
[Create an approval page for leadership to use in approving this plan]
CAPTemplate2.docx
Crisis Action Plan
for
[provide name of organization]
Activation Instructions
[Describe the conditions under which this plan would be activated and who would be responsible and have the authority for the activation]
Table of Contents (Include page numbers)
1. Introduction
a. Mission
b. Purpose
c. Applicability
d. Policy
e. Objectives
f. Assumptions
g. Organization
2. Critical Organizational Functions
a. Staff protection
b. Direct production and processes
c. Support – logistics and personnel
3. Threat Forecast
a. Natural and Man-made Disasters
b. Product and Process Disasters
c. Fictitious Disasters
4. Pre-crisis Mitigation Actions
a. Physical Facility Protection
b. Product and Process Protection
c. Personnel Protection
d. Reputation and Goodwill Protection
5. Response Planning
a. Natural & Man-made Disasters
b. Product & Process Disasters
c. Fictitious Disasters
6. Teams & Authorities
a. Operations Team
b. Communications Team
c. Logistics Team
d. Information Technology Team
e. Administrative Team
7. Recovery and Restoration
a. Physical and facility restoration
b. Reputation and goodwill restoration
c. Emotional and psychological recovery
8. Appendices
a. Appendix A – Team Contact Information
b. Appendix B – Emergency Procedures
c. Appendix C – Team Assignments & Taskings
d. Appendix D – Plan Maintenance
e. Appendix E – Approvals
Introduction
[Give the mission of the organization; describe the purpose for the plan; explain under what circumstances it would be activated; explain how the plan will be used by the organization; depict the expected outcome of the plan activation; give the assumptions used in the development of the plan; and give an overview of the structure that will implement it.
NOTE: If the mission of your organization is emergency response, conducting your routine mission is not a crisis. A crisis is a situation in which you cannot conduct your routine mission. In other words, if the fire department responds to a fire, that may be a crisis to the customer, but not to the fire department. If the fire department hooks up their hose to a hydrant and nothing comes out, that's a crisis to the fire department and is the type of crisis that a plan needs to be written for. Don’t write a plan for accomplishment of your routine mission.]
Critical Organizational Functions
[Give the critical processes and products that must be maintained when operating in crisis mode. Describe what would cause the organization to fail that must be avoided.]
Threat Forecast
(Give an overview of the likely and not-so-likely threats that the organization could face. Include those from natural disasters; man-made disasters; global warming; and any that were generated from the threat forecasting exercise in the forums. You MUST acknowledge and accommodate those threats identified by your instructor and classmates in the forums. Be VERY specific and detailed. ‘My organizations faces a myriad of threats’ is not a threat forecast.
NOTE: A fictitious disaster is defined as something that someone else did or something that did not happen at all that your organization is blamed for. Examples include false newspaper stories. Fictitious disasters are typically handled by the Public Relations function.
ALSO NOTE: Use of the word ‘Zombie’ in this exercise will cause your plan to be returned for resubmission.)
Pre-Crisis Mitigation Actions
(Based upon the threat forecast, describe how your organization will plan to mitigate threats so they will never evolve into crises. Write a mitigation action for each identified threat.) Response Planning
[Describe how the organization would respond to different scenarios: natural and man-made disasters not of its making; product and process disasters of its own making; scenarios in which blame is leveled on the organization for issues it had nothing to do with. Be specific to every identified threat.]
Teams and Authorities
[List the contingency teams that will organize to respond to the crisis and the authority it will operate under. Many organizations form special teams to deal with special situations. If your organization is small and uses its routine organization for threat response, that’s fine.]
Recovery and Restoration
(Describe how your organization will recover once the crisis has past. Give a recovery plan for each threat, plus talk about how the organization as a whole will recover.) Appendices
Appendix A
[Give specific contact information of the individuals on your crisis action teams]
Appendix B
[Give detailed processes for implementing this plan – who, what, when, where, how]
Appendix C
[Give team taskings]
Appendix D
[Describe who and under what circumstances this plan will be maintained]
Appendix E
[Create an approval page for leadership to use in approving this plan]
CAPGuidanceandGoundRules1.pdf
CAP Guidance and Ground Rules
1. Please reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns.
2. You must use the provided CAP Template for the project, and all areas in the template must be addressed.
3. You only need to address a total of 9 threats in your CAP Threat Forecast (3 Natural/Manmade; 3 Product/Process; and 3 Fictitious).
4. You can use and building on the work completed in the Wk2-3 Discussion in your CAP.
5. As a CAP is a team Effort; you can seek help from help each other.
6. You can use any open score material from the internet; you should tailor it to meet your organization.
7. APA is not required in your CAP. You are not required to cite or reference sources in the CAP
8. You can cut and paste information into you CAP
9. Most importantly; Have Fun: Although this is educational, I want it to be an enjoyable project. The overall goal is to ensure you can create an organizational CAP based on its mission, critical functions, and threats.
ReviewofIndependentlySelectedResource.pdf
Review of Independently Selected Resource
If you are reading this, then it can only mean one thing - you have made it to the end of your journey and hopefully, learned a LOT! Congratulations for that! You have taken concepts from what have been three very different fields of study and followed a pretty convoluted path to where you now understand. How they all fit together in a systems context and where you now allow your new-found knowledge to take you - is up to you! You are our future!
You've practiced applying system concepts in the development of a document that could save something important, be it a person, an organization, or a bit of society from destruction by a disaster. What disaster? - well, you had that to figure out too!. You brainstormed, in some cases you forecasted, in some cases you may even have backcasted, but you did - put your finger on a relevant organizational threat and corresponding vulnerability profile. You then developed a plan to mitigate, respond to, and recover from the worst you could envision.
Great job!
So now, it's time to show off - the questions are simple - what did you learn, and what are you going to do with your new-found knowledge?
Good luck with framing your answer, for from that, lies your future!
CAPSupportRequestLetter.pdf
Dr. Darrell Dantzler July 10, 2023 5631 Goshawk Ct
Waldorf, Maryland, 20601
darrell.dantzler@mycampus.apus.edu
TOWHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The student presenting this letter is enrolled in EDMG560, Crisis Action Planning, which is a graduate
course in Emergency and Disaster Management at this university. One of the class assignments is to
develop a Crisis Action Plan for an organization of the student's choice. The student would like to create a
crisis action plan for your organization.
The student will bring a skill set to the project that is pretty unique. He or she has studied the FEMA
Strategic Foresight Initiative; strategic forecasting strategies for business and government; 21st century
threat possibilities; and development of threat profiles. The plan itself will cover the activities of planning
and preparation; mitigation; and response and recovery. Not every organization has the resources to put
someone with this skill set on staff, so this is essentially a free consulting opportunity for your
organization. Since this assignment was established, plans have been put in place in organizations across
the world just like yours-in every type of operation from the North American Air Defense command to the
Daycare Center in your neighborhood. The project is a win-win for all involved.
The student will require a functional knowledge of how your organization operates, and so would benefit
from discussion with a knowledgeable person from your staff. Some organizations have participated by
allowing students access to management working groups, although that's certainly not necessary. No
proprietary, confidential, or classified information is necessary to fill out this plan. The student and the
university appreciate your support. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at 301-219-
9946.
Sincerely,
Darrell Dantzler, PhD
Associate Professor
Emergency and Disaster Management
School of Security and Global Studies
CAPTemplate21.docx
Crisis Action Plan
for
[provide name of organization]
Activation Instructions
[Describe the conditions under which this plan would be activated and who would be responsible and have the authority for the activation]
Table of Contents (Include page numbers)
1. Introduction
a. Mission
b. Purpose
c. Applicability
d. Policy
e. Objectives
f. Assumptions
g. Organization
2. Critical Organizational Functions
a. Staff protection
b. Direct production and processes
c. Support – logistics and personnel
3. Threat Forecast
a. Natural and Man-made Disasters
b. Product and Process Disasters
c. Fictitious Disasters
4. Pre-crisis Mitigation Actions
a. Physical Facility Protection
b. Product and Process Protection
c. Personnel Protection
d. Reputation and Goodwill Protection
5. Response Planning
a. Natural & Man-made Disasters
b. Product & Process Disasters
c. Fictitious Disasters
6. Teams & Authorities
a. Operations Team
b. Communications Team
c. Logistics Team
d. Information Technology Team
e. Administrative Team
7. Recovery and Restoration
a. Physical and facility restoration
b. Reputation and goodwill restoration
c. Emotional and psychological recovery
8. Appendices
a. Appendix A – Team Contact Information
b. Appendix B – Emergency Procedures
c. Appendix C – Team Assignments & Taskings
d. Appendix D – Plan Maintenance
e. Appendix E – Approvals
Introduction
[Give the mission of the organization; describe the purpose for the plan; explain under what circumstances it would be activated; explain how the plan will be used by the organization; depict the expected outcome of the plan activation; give the assumptions used in the development of the plan; and give an overview of the structure that will implement it.
NOTE: If the mission of your organization is emergency response, conducting your routine mission is not a crisis. A crisis is a situation in which you cannot conduct your routine mission. In other words, if the fire department responds to a fire, that may be a crisis to the customer, but not to the fire department. If the fire department hooks up their hose to a hydrant and nothing comes out, that's a crisis to the fire department and is the type of crisis that a plan needs to be written for. Don’t write a plan for accomplishment of your routine mission.]
Critical Organizational Functions
[Give the critical processes and products that must be maintained when operating in crisis mode. Describe what would cause the organization to fail that must be avoided.]
Threat Forecast
(Give an overview of the likely and not-so-likely threats that the organization could face. Include those from natural disasters; man-made disasters; global warming; and any that were generated from the threat forecasting exercise in the forums. You MUST acknowledge and accommodate those threats identified by your instructor and classmates in the forums. Be VERY specific and detailed. ‘My organizations faces a myriad of threats’ is not a threat forecast.
NOTE: A fictitious disaster is defined as something that someone else did or something that did not happen at all that your organization is blamed for. Examples include false newspaper stories. Fictitious disasters are typically handled by the Public Relations function.
ALSO NOTE: Use of the word ‘Zombie’ in this exercise will cause your plan to be returned for resubmission.)
Pre-Crisis Mitigation Actions
(Based upon the threat forecast, describe how your organization will plan to mitigate threats so they will never evolve into crises. Write a mitigation action for each identified threat.) Response Planning
[Describe how the organization would respond to different scenarios: natural and man-made disasters not of its making; product and process disasters of its own making; scenarios in which blame is leveled on the organization for issues it had nothing to do with. Be specific to every identified threat.]
Teams and Authorities
[List the contingency teams that will organize to respond to the crisis and the authority it will operate under. Many organizations form special teams to deal with special situations. If your organization is small and uses its routine organization for threat response, that’s fine.]
Recovery and Restoration
(Describe how your organization will recover once the crisis has past. Give a recovery plan for each threat, plus talk about how the organization as a whole will recover.) Appendices
Appendix A
[Give specific contact information of the individuals on your crisis action teams]
Appendix B
[Give detailed processes for implementing this plan – who, what, when, where, how]
Appendix C
[Give team taskings]
Appendix D
[Describe who and under what circumstances this plan will be maintained]
Appendix E
[Create an approval page for leadership to use in approving this plan]
CAPTemplate2.docx
Crisis Action Plan
for
[provide name of organization]
Activation Instructions
[Describe the conditions under which this plan would be activated and who would be responsible and have the authority for the activation]
Table of Contents (Include page numbers)
1. Introduction
a. Mission
b. Purpose
c. Applicability
d. Policy
e. Objectives
f. Assumptions
g. Organization
2. Critical Organizational Functions
a. Staff protection
b. Direct production and processes
c. Support – logistics and personnel
3. Threat Forecast
a. Natural and Man-made Disasters
b. Product and Process Disasters
c. Fictitious Disasters
4. Pre-crisis Mitigation Actions
a. Physical Facility Protection
b. Product and Process Protection
c. Personnel Protection
d. Reputation and Goodwill Protection
5. Response Planning
a. Natural & Man-made Disasters
b. Product & Process Disasters
c. Fictitious Disasters
6. Teams & Authorities
a. Operations Team
b. Communications Team
c. Logistics Team
d. Information Technology Team
e. Administrative Team
7. Recovery and Restoration
a. Physical and facility restoration
b. Reputation and goodwill restoration
c. Emotional and psychological recovery
8. Appendices
a. Appendix A – Team Contact Information
b. Appendix B – Emergency Procedures
c. Appendix C – Team Assignments & Taskings
d. Appendix D – Plan Maintenance
e. Appendix E – Approvals
Introduction
[Give the mission of the organization; describe the purpose for the plan; explain under what circumstances it would be activated; explain how the plan will be used by the organization; depict the expected outcome of the plan activation; give the assumptions used in the development of the plan; and give an overview of the structure that will implement it.
NOTE: If the mission of your organization is emergency response, conducting your routine mission is not a crisis. A crisis is a situation in which you cannot conduct your routine mission. In other words, if the fire department responds to a fire, that may be a crisis to the customer, but not to the fire department. If the fire department hooks up their hose to a hydrant and nothing comes out, that's a crisis to the fire department and is the type of crisis that a plan needs to be written for. Don’t write a plan for accomplishment of your routine mission.]
Critical Organizational Functions
[Give the critical processes and products that must be maintained when operating in crisis mode. Describe what would cause the organization to fail that must be avoided.]
Threat Forecast
(Give an overview of the likely and not-so-likely threats that the organization could face. Include those from natural disasters; man-made disasters; global warming; and any that were generated from the threat forecasting exercise in the forums. You MUST acknowledge and accommodate those threats identified by your instructor and classmates in the forums. Be VERY specific and detailed. ‘My organizations faces a myriad of threats’ is not a threat forecast.
NOTE: A fictitious disaster is defined as something that someone else did or something that did not happen at all that your organization is blamed for. Examples include false newspaper stories. Fictitious disasters are typically handled by the Public Relations function.
ALSO NOTE: Use of the word ‘Zombie’ in this exercise will cause your plan to be returned for resubmission.)
Pre-Crisis Mitigation Actions
(Based upon the threat forecast, describe how your organization will plan to mitigate threats so they will never evolve into crises. Write a mitigation action for each identified threat.) Response Planning
[Describe how the organization would respond to different scenarios: natural and man-made disasters not of its making; product and process disasters of its own making; scenarios in which blame is leveled on the organization for issues it had nothing to do with. Be specific to every identified threat.]
Teams and Authorities
[List the contingency teams that will organize to respond to the crisis and the authority it will operate under. Many organizations form special teams to deal with special situations. If your organization is small and uses its routine organization for threat response, that’s fine.]
Recovery and Restoration
(Describe how your organization will recover once the crisis has past. Give a recovery plan for each threat, plus talk about how the organization as a whole will recover.) Appendices
Appendix A
[Give specific contact information of the individuals on your crisis action teams]
Appendix B
[Give detailed processes for implementing this plan – who, what, when, where, how]
Appendix C
[Give team taskings]
Appendix D
[Describe who and under what circumstances this plan will be maintained]
Appendix E
[Create an approval page for leadership to use in approving this plan]