Building Disaster-Resilient Places
STEP FOUR – Develop the Plan
2
A Review of What is Involved
Step 1: Form a
Collaborative
Planning Team
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Step 4:
Step 5:
Step 6:
Step 2:
Understand the
Situation
Step 3:
Determine Goals
& Actions
Step 4: Plan
Development
Step 5: Plan
Preparation,
Review, &
Approval
Form a Collaborative Planning Team
Understand the Situation
Determine Goals & Actions
Develop the Plan
Prepare, Review, & Approve the Plan
Implement & Maintain the Plan
Step 6: Plan
Implementation
& Maintenance
3
Overview
Participants will:
1. Review goals and actions from the
previous session
2. Identify steps needed to carry out
actions and meet goals
3. Identify assets available or needed to
carry out the actions and steps
4. Examine a typical Outline for the
Emergency Operation Plan
4
Review Goals & Actions from Step Three
Take a moment to:
 Review the goals and actions from
Step Three
 Invite comments or suggestions
from the entire team
 Make any needed changes
5
Putting “Legs” on Your Plan
Goals don’t happen without solid
planning and commitment.
What steps are needed to
accomplish your goals and actions?
6
Steps to Get Started : An Example
SMART GOAL: All of people
in the county’s flood-prone
area will be told within 4
hours when a flood threat
has been issued.
STEPS
 Get a flood zone map.
 Divide the area into sections.
 Find people to be section leaders.
 Set leaders up on a call system.
ACTION: Within six months,
organize a plan to
communicate to people in
flood-prone areas.
 Teach leaders how to notify residents.
 Ask leaders to call back when finished.
7
Your Plan: Moving Forward
Plan the steps to get your
actions “off the ground”
 Write the steps needed to for each
action
 Organize these steps into a logical
order
Finding What We Need
Four Key Areas:
1. People or skills
2. Formal Organizations
3. Volunteer Groups
4. Physical Resources (Things)
9
At Your Fingertips
 How can we be sure you can have
the things you need?
 How will you get outside support if
the disaster is greater than what can
be tackled locally?
10
Your Plan: Connecting the Dots
Your SMART Goal: ESF#
Your Action/Strategy:
Steps
Person(s)
Responsible
Other Partners
Date
11
Looking at the Big Picture

Introduction

Situation Overview

Activating the Plan

The Emergency Operation Plan

Damage Assessment

Administration, Finance, and Logistics

Plan Development
12
Questions & Next Steps
 Things to explain
 Things to do before the next meeting:
 Gather missing information on things
we need
 Draft Emergency Operations Plan
Outline
 Next Meeting: Date, time, and location
13
Contact Information
Building Disaster-Resilient Places