This is just a general conversation starter to see how prepared for the worst possible scenerio your department is.
Do you have a food stockpile? Do you have a large enough generator that runs and is maintained? Do you have shower facilities? Do you have the means and capabilities to help the residents of your town? Does your department have adequate training for massive storms (hurricanes/tornado/earthquakes) to deal with a possible MCI issue? How prepared is your town for the residents who get displaced and or injured from a event?
Man-made disasters (I will group in Haz Mat incidents here) are as common, and yet the elast planned for at times. Does your local Hospitals have the chemical lists from the local facilities so they can compile a stack of intel for their own benefit? How prepared are you for a incident regarding haz mat? Are your team members covered in case of an exposure issue? (this is where my friend Michael Schlags will hopefully comment on the ToxMedic program) In the event of a MCI issue regarding terrorism are you prepared for a worst case scenerio? Have you implimented a joint training with your local communities to ensure interoperability before a major incident?

The point I am trying to make is simple. We are doing our thing through training and yet everytime a storm comes, we are "blindsided." We look at Haz Mat calls and see that exposure is a major issues. (be it wind shift, incorrect intel) We all look back at major incidents of terror and see the standards were used and they worked. FDNY had accountability at the towers. They knew (within reason) who was in the building and what their job was, and no other organization operating there did. We need to take a page from their book and adopt it as the standard. We ALL need to step back and stop the "it can't happen to us" mentality. This mentality has blindsided too many departments nationally and has prevented departments of all the emergency services to not utilize more time to train on the issues. How ready are you?