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EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN
Draft Date: March 24, 2008
Review By: Emergency Management Group
Date of Review: May 12, 2008
Authorized By: President, Provost and Administrative Council
Date of Authorization: August 6, 2008
Date of Last Amendment: Revised from Crisis Management Plan (drafted 01/01/2005)
Related Documents: Emergency Management Policy (dated 02/06/08)
Responsible Officer for Implementation: Director of Emergency Management
Any person who requires assistance in understanding any aspect of this document should contact the Director of Emergency Management at extension (3)0776 or eoc@gsu.edu

I. Overview
     A. Development
     B. Authority
     C. Purpose
II. Applicability
     A. Interoperability
     B. Scope
III. Plan Maintenance and Distribution
IV. Definitions
V. Emergency Response Organization (ERO)
     A. Emergency Management Group
     B. Emergency Response Teams
     C. Incident Commanders
     D. Other Critical Personnel
VI. Levels of Emergency

VIII. Declaration of Emergency
IX. Emergency Communications
     A. Strategy and Priority
     B. Objectives
     C. Administrators and Approval
     D. Activation Criteria
     E. Emergency ‘Closing' Information
     F. Communication Resources
     G. Concept of Emergency Notifications
X. Emergency Operations Center
     A. Purpose
     B. Scope
     C. Location(s)
     D. Field Command Posts
XI. Incident Briefing and Evaluation
     A. General
     B. Activation Briefing
     C. Initial Decisions
     D. Involving Outside Agencies
XII. General Guidelines for Emergencies
XIII. Shelters (Emergency) / Overnight Accommodations
XIV. Emergency Procedures for People with Disabilities
XV. General Evacuation Procedures
XVI. Specific Hazard / Incident Response Plans
     A. Fire
     B. Hazardous Material Spill or Release and Suspicious Packages
     C. Natural Disasters
          1. Tornados and Severe Weather
          2. Winter Storms / Ice
          3. Lightning
          4. Earthquakes
     D. Active Threat and/or Work-Place Violence
          1. Notification procedures
          2. Recommendations – Individual Response Strategies
          3. What to expect from responding Police Officers
     E. Unauthorized Person in the Building
     F. Civil Disturbances
     G. Criminal Behavior or Violent Behavior
     H. Explosion or Bomb Threats
     I. Utility Failure / Interruption
XVII. Recovery
     A. Post Incident Guidelines
     B. Faculty and Staff Guidelines
     C. Campus Recovery
     D. Business and Finance
     E. Facilities Management and Services
     F. Information Systems and Technology
     G. Damage / Consequence assessment
     H. Utilities
     I. Communication and Information Resources
     J. Laboratories
     K. Government Agencies
XVIII. Annexes and Appendices
     ANNEX A - Campus Map
     ANNEX B - Campus Building List
     ANNEX C - Emergency Logistics – Inventory List *
          1. Emergency Equipment Needs
          2. Departmentally owned
          3. Available elsewhere on campus
          4. Available locally
          5. Required from regional or national sources
     ANNEX D - Disaster Response Vendor Call list *
     ANNEX E - Emergency Operations Task List *
     ANNEX F – Status / Situational Report Form
     ANNEX G - Emergency Incident Critique Sheet
     ANNEX H - Facility Damage Assessment Sheet
     ANNEX I - Critical Research/Departmental areas *
     ANNEX J - Track Emergency Operations Plan Changes
     ANNEX K - Risk Assessment *
     ANNEX L - Training Documentation *
     ANNEX M – Board of Regents: Emergency Notification Plan
     APPENDIX A - Unit Sample Emergency Action Plan
* Contact Office of Emergency Management for copies