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The co-ordinator should have in-depth technical and operational knowledge of emergency
preparedness and response issues and should have sufficient decisional authority to ensure an
effective co-ordination process. The co-ordinator should be provided with sufficient staff and
long term resources to develop and maintain the response capability once it has been
established. This should include a multi-year budget.
The co-ordinator should involve all parties with an interest in the development and
implementation of the emergency plan(s) in the planning process at the early stage.
Attempting to co-ordinate “after the fact” may actually be counterproductive by creating
opposition to obligations being imposed on those who had no part in assigning them.
Develop an outline of the integrated plans
The process in developing a response capability is complex. It is helpful, before planning
begins, to have an outline of the content of the final set of integrated emergency plans for the
national, facility and local levels. This will add structure, promote integration and provide a
skeleton on which to build. The emergency plan outline in Appendix 12 can be used for this
process.
Tasks
Example Implementation Time Line
Designate national planning
co-ordinator
1
Review national policy
2
3
Perform threat assessment
Develop planning basis
4 Develop concept of
operations and allocate
responsibilities
5
Develop interim capability
6
7
8
9
Write NREP
Present NREP
Implement detailed plans
Test capability
10 Establish ongoing QA
programme
Preliminary result used to develop the interim capability (Task 5).
FIG .5. Overview of the development of an emergency response capability.
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