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Contingency/Emergency Action Plans are developed by Emergency Managers with the focus directed on covering all perceived or actual vulnerabilities that could that could be destroyed or damaged during a natural or manmade disaster.  The community must be restored as quickly as possible in the aftermath of a disaster.  Due diligence by Emergency Managers executing well-constructed contingency will make this happen.  However, sometimes issues may surface that may have been overlooked by planners in designing these contingency plans.

Complete your contingency plan draft.  This contingency plan will be a comprehensive plan focused on a specific threat or vulnerability you uncovered that may impact the safety or vital services within your community during a natural or man-made disaster.  By Module 7, you will be required to submit the final plan to the Instructor.  Your Instructor will provide appropriate feedback on your draft.   

It is advisable that you review the following in designing your plan:

Your draft contingency plan will include recommended steps and actions needed to mitigate the issue.  

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1 Running Head: Tornado Emergency Contingency Plan for Killeen, Texas Kaymarie Mandavis Excelsior College MCJ651 Dr. Jack Howell September 12, 2021 2 Running Head: Tornado Emergency Contingency Plan for Killeen, Texas Tornado Emergency Contingency Plan for Killeen, Texas I. Introduction A. Purpose 1. This contingency plan establishes the procedures to safeguard the recovery of Killeen City, Texas, in the case of a tornado 2. The contingency plan outlines necessary interventions in response and recovery of essential services for the residents of the city. B. Scope and Applicability 1. The contingency plan applies to the local city government operations and emergency planners. 2. The plan supplements the current Bell County Emergency Management Plan and applies specific tornadoes and resulting disasters and disruptions. C. Record of Changes Modifications made to this plan since its last printing will be recorded here: Page Number Change Comment Date Authority & Signature II. Notification and Activation A. Responsibilities 1. The primary responsibility for response to disaster within the city is the local government and response is escalated depending on the scope of the disaster and government resources available (Bullock & Coppola, 2017) 3 Running Head: Tornado Emergency Contingency Plan for Killeen, Texas 2. The primary responsibility for implementing this contingency plan lies with the City of Killeen Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management (OHSEM) under the leadership of the emergency management coordinator (Killeen, Texas, n.d.) B. Activation 1. Emergency and major disaster declarations are made at the discretion of the president (Bullock & Coppola, 2017). 2. The contingency plan will be activated upon the city council’s decision to declare and emergency III. Contingency Actions A. Healthcare- Establish mobile clinics for provision of primary care in worstaffected areas (Bitterman & Zimmer, 2018) B. Utilities- Centralized backup generator for main public hospital and government services and portable generators for vulnerable neighborhoods C. Clean water and food- Set up a city emergency fund for providing food and water to affected areas in the case of a tornado D. Sanitation- Ecological sanitation latrines to be distributed to affected areas E. Transport and communication 1. RFID communication system for all emergency responders 2. Emergency evacuation using city’s fire department in collaboration with the police (Fahad et al., 2019) 4 Running Head: Tornado Emergency Contingency Plan for Killeen, Texas F. Escalation protocol: When the local resources are overwhelmed by the emergency or disaster, escalation to the Governor of Texas is necessary for the state to intervene and if necessary request declaration of disaster by the president and additional assistance (Bullock & Coppola, 2017) IV. Return to Normal Operations A. When essential services are back up and running, return to normalcy is initiated B. Withdrawal of additional resources e.g. food and water supplies will be done after emergency team assessment of community progress C. Support withdrawal will be done only after the essential services are adequate and at normal operating capacity after restoration V. Conclusion 5 Running Head: Tornado Emergency Contingency Plan for Killeen, Texas References Bitterman, N., & Zimmer, Y. (2018). Portable health care facilities in disaster and rescue zones: Characteristics and future suggestions. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 33(4), 411417. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X18000560 Bullock, J.A., & Coppola, D.P. 2017). Introduction to emergency management (6th Edition). Butterworth-Heinemann Publications. Fahad, M. G. R., Nazari, R., Bhavsar, P., Jalayer, M., & Karimi, M. (2019). A decision-support framework for emergency evacuation planning during extreme storm events. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 77, 589-605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2019.09.024 Killeen, Texas. (n.d.). Emergency management. https://www.killeentexas.gov/285/EmergencyManagement
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Running Head: Tornado Emergency Contingency Plan for Killeen, Texas

Kaymarie Mandavis
Excelsior College
MCJ651
Dr. Jack Howell
September 12, 2021

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Running Head: Tornado Emergency Contingency Plan for Killeen, Texas

Tornado Emergency Contingency Plan for Killeen, Texas
I. Introduction
A. Purpose
1. This contingency plan establishes the procedures to safeguard the recovery of
Killeen City, Texas, in the case of a tornado
2. The contingency plan outlines necessary interventions in response and
recovery of essential services for the residents of the city.
B. Scope and Applicability
1. The contingency plan applies to the local city government operations and
emergency planners.
2. The plan supplements the current Bell County Emergency Management Plan
and applies specific tornadoes and resulting disasters and disruptions.
C. Record of Changes
Modifications made to this plan since its last printing will be recorded here:
Page Number

Change Comment Date

Authority &
Signature

II. Notification and Activation
A. Responsibilities
1. The primary responsibility for response to disaster within the city is the local
government and response is escalated depending on the scope of the disaster
and government resources available (Bullock & Coppola, 2017)

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Running Head: Tornado Emergency Contingency Plan for Killeen, Texas

2. The primary responsibility for implementing this contingency plan lies with
the City of Killeen Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
(OHSEM) under the leadership of the emergency management coordinator
(Killeen, Texas, n.d.)
B. Activation
1. Emergency and major disaster declarations are made at the discretion of the
president (Bullock & Coppola, 2017).
2. The contingency plan will be activated upon the city council’s decision to
declare and emergency
III. Contingency Actions
A. Healthcare- Establish mobile clinics for provision of primary care in worstaffected areas (Bitterman & Zimmer, 2018)
B. Utilities- Centralized backup generator for main public hospital and government
services and portable generators for vulnerable neighborhoods
C. Clean water and food- Set up a city emergency fund for providing food and water
to affected areas in the case of a tornado
D. Sanitation- Ecological sanitation latrines to be distributed to affected areas
E. Transport and communication
1. RFID communication system for all emergency responders
2. Emergency evacu...


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