Georgia Emergency Operations Plan - GEMA/Homeland Security

X. Plan Development and Maintenance
The 2012 publication of the Georgia Emergency Operations Plan shall be
effective for four years and will be reviewed annually. The next version of the
GEOP should be published on or about May 2016.
Emergency Support Function Annexes shall be effective for two years, but will
undergo comprehensive reviews annually. ESF Annexes may be updated and
republished as necessary based on lessons learned from exercises or activations
of the GEOP.
For the planning cycle of this latest edition of the GEOP, GEMA/HS exercise
coordinators anticipate conducting a full scale statewide exercise as well as
smaller scale, process specific drills. The goal of these exercises is to evaluate
processes and procedures described within this plan. For more information on
the GEMA/HS State Wide Exercise Program call 1-800-TRY-GEMA or 404-635-7200.
Evaluation and continual process improvement are cornerstones of effective
preparedness and progressive emergency management programs. GEMA/HS
has incorporated the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
(HSEEP) into its training and exercise programs. Additionally GEMA/HS has
integrated principals of developing structured after action evaluations and
corrective action plans.
All agencies listed in the GEOP shall actively participate in after action meetings
to identify areas for improvement in the GEOP or other supporting plans or guides
to ensure the State of Georgia is continually improving its operational capability
to respond to natural and manmade disasters. Upon conclusion of an exercise or
the actual activation of the GEOP and or the SOC, ESFs, agencies and
organizations listed in this plan shall evaluate their performance against relevant
capability objectives to identify deficits and institute corrective action plans.
Improvement planning should develop specific recommendations for changes in
practice, timelines for implementation, and assignments for completion.
The GEMA/HS Planning Section has formatted the GEOP so that necessary
changes may be made to ESFs, Support or Incident Annexes without significant
impacts on this base plan or other plan components unless necessary. Any user
of this plan is encouraged to recommend changes that they feel may enhance
or clarify a particular portion. Suggested changes should be submitted to the
GEMA Planning Director for coordination, comment, concurrence and
necessary approval, at the address on the following page. The format of
suggested changes is shown on the following page.
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