Comprehensive Preparedness Planning

Comprehensive Preparedness Planning••Management – Who is in charge of the operational response and with which mandate?••Organisation – Which units should be involved in the operational response, and how mightthe existing organisation be adapted in order to perform a satisfactory response?••Personnel and equipment – How much personnel and equipment is needed for the operationalresponse, where and when should it be deployed, and who should do what?••Procedures – How should the tasks be carried out concretely, and how should they be coordinatedwith other organisations’ operational responses?The contingency plans can be attached to the general crisis management plan as appendixes.Alternatively – if there are many contingency plans – they can be stored separately and referredto in index form within the general crisis management plan.38