An emergency plan for states
An emergency plan for states is a thorough plan of action established to assist during or reduce the harm caused by potential occurrences in a specific region, organization, state, or country that could threaten or endanger a state's capacity to function and run successfully. Such an emergency plan should contain actions to ensure the protection of people, property, and facilities in the area. The plan also specifies how and where to contact response personnel such as firefighters. Communication is an instant component that impacts the response when an emergency occurs (Kalatpour, 2017). In case of a state like Washington, DC, the communication plan enables for prompt, confidential, and accurate response in case of an emergency. The plan provides policies, procedures for coordination of communications within a nation or state. This essay provides a sample emergency plan for communications in the selected location/areas (Washington DC).
Introduction: The Emergency communication Plan
Introduction: The Emergency communication Plan is intended to lay out guidelines for quickly communicating Washington State communities, partners, and external stakeholders during emergency. An emergency is regarded as a situation which results or is likely to result in harm to properties, persons or even disruption of services in the state of Washington DC.
Emergency communications context and approach
Emergency communications context and approach: most cases that are regarded as an emergency occurs within limited or with no warning hence posing a threat to residents of the Washington State. Within minutes of an event and through the social media platform information as well as speculation can spread within minutes (Ding et al, 2017). This in turn calls for timely and accurate communications as a critical measure for the wellbeing of the Washington residents. Washington State is committed to ensuring the quick sharing of information so as to enable accurate communications for effective coordination and response.
Audience
Audience: important audience in Washington during an emergency include response teams, the citizen's police, business owners, power station's transport systems. Also of concern entail national agencies with reference to response teams, political and office holders, governor's office, senators, local leaders as well as relevant NGO leaders, ambulance, hospitals etc.
Objective
Objective: the primary objective of Washington emergency communication plan is to ensure all key and relevant people have responded in an effort to provide information and safety instructions as fast as possible. In addition, another objective is to ensure safety of Washington residents and effective running of Washington rescue/ and response services.
Procedures
Procedures: Initiating the first emergency alert; during this stage, the Emergency operation Center director or designate works with the Washington State response team. It coordinates the first emergency communicator and the response team ensuring effective sending and receipt of messages between the response team, stakeholders and with the on sight people. Convening the emergency communication team. In an event of emergency, the overall director of emergency response in the state of Washington activates and mobilizes communication teams for websites, social media and media relations (Myers, Myers & Grant, 2010). There is also the approval of outgoing information. The Washington DC emergency approval process ensures that, key information is disbursed to the residents the affected and the response teams. This allows for curbing misinformation with reference to response to the identified emergency.
Immediate and secondary response needs
Immediate and secondary response needs: in case of an emergency in the State of Washington, the main goal of the communication plan is to communicate people's safety, hence giving regular updates as required. This stage allows for communication to the relevant Washington state agencies, as well as identifying key response agencies such as fire fighters, hospitals etc. this allows for Washington state ad emergency response team to effectively communicate and inform the relevant and involved bodies. In terms of secondary communication aspects, it entails continued provision of emergency updates, determine and coordinate sportsperson, identification of facts etc. finally, there is the End of an emergency. The Washington emergency response team determines when an emergency has ended, and in turn routine communications resumed. At this point, the message of key State leaders may be required such as the president, governor, senator etc., as well as promotion of key cancelling services if it is needed.
Education and Plan maintenance
Finally, there is Education and Plan maintenance; this stage entails education and testing risk management services which is emergency planning steering committee for Washington with take the lead in terms of educating the Washington community with reference to how as well as when the residents and Washington locals ought to communicate in case of emergency (Ding et al, 2017). The final step is the regular review and update of the Washington Dc plan including communication details, channels, and contact list and approved stakeholders.
In conclusion
In conclusion, the emergency communication plan is focused on receiving alerts and warnings, identification of shelter plan, evacuation route and plan implementation. The need for an emergency plan is an inevitable undertaking as it allows for effective emergency and crisis response in the state of Washington. More so, it enables effective resources management, successful and effective crisis management in case of an emergency in the Washington State.
References
Ding, H., Tong, J., Wang, Y., & Zhang, L. (2017). Development of emergency planning zone for high temperature gas-cooled reactor. Annals of Nuclear Energy, 111347-353.
Kalatpour, O. (2017). Determining the appropriate strategies for emergency planning through AHP-SWOT. Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, 11(1), 85-94.
Myers, L., Myers, L., & Grant, L. (2010). The creation of regional partnerships for regional emergency planning. Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, 4(4), 338-351.
