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1191 Colorado Emergency Operations Plan SEOP - Part 1 (Basic Plan) DODES 24 Hour Emergency Telephone # 279-8855 C. Planning for a national emergency must ac- commodate and be responsive to policy guidance and direction from the federal government D. Each level of government will respond to a disaster or emergency wnhln the limns of available resources and then request assis- tance from the next level of government, If required; I-e" municipality to county; county to state; state to federal government VI CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS A General The SEOP specifies state government response and recovery policies and proce- dures dealing wnh a potential or actual dis- aster, I mplementation in specific snuatlons will be influenced by many variables: speed of onset of the event, capabilnles immedi- ately available or accessible at dlfferant levels of government. types or severnles of impacts, and many others, The flow of events will generally follow the concept of PHASE 1 - EMERGENCY ACTION LOCAL GOVERNMENT . Make Initial assessment specific threat . Activate warning/notification . Activate Emergency Operations Center . Implement response plans . Make initial assessment reports Ie DODES . Declare toeal emergency . Establish cost data racords . Request assistance, If necessary . Prepare damage assessment report STATE GOVERNMENT . Establish operations log . Assist warning and emergency public information release . Establish cost data racords . Activate response plans upon request for assistance Establish field coordination center . Develop detailed assessments . Governor declares state of disaster or emergency . Activate all needed elements of State Emergency Operations Plan . Refine assessment of conditions (State-Federal) . Governor requests needed Federal Assistance operations described here. I nformatlon ac- cumulation and assessment will dictate specific actions to be taken. Two distinct phases are expected In which to categorize actions that are fundamentally different B. Phase 1 - Emergency Action: Priority is given to lifesaving actions, but property preservation Is an Important secondary consideration. Disaster or emergency dec- larations direct Implementation of emergen- cy operations plans; local needs and resulting requests for assistance are usually the besls for state decision-making. The duration of this phase Is characteristically short and responses are normally executed by field forces under local incident com- mand procedures. Damage assessment Is conducted as a systematic means of defin- Ing and Initiating the recovery process, C, Phase 2 - Recovery and Rehabilitation: Conducted under a declaration by the Governor, the President or both, provided local (or state) needs exceed local (or state) e e PHASE 2 - RECOVERY AND REHABIUTATlON LOCAL GOVERNMENT . Reassess the situation . Campleta datalled damage and damage loss survey . Implement relief and rehabilitation measures . Request new programs needed for rehabilitation . Evaluate and audit program progress and completion . Identify and implement means to reduce future vulnerability STATE GOVERNMENT . Prepare situation reports . Assess societal and financieJ impacts . Recommend relief & rehabilitation programs to governor . Prepare dectaration and action documentation appropriate . Activate State Recovery Team as needed . identify and implement means to reduce future vulnerability e 4