The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101 presents Emergency Services Sector (ESS) and homeland security managers with recommendations on how to develop a viable all-hazard Emergency Operations Plan. Considered the foundation for state and local planning in the United States, the guidance explains how to form a planning team, write and maintain the plan, and execute the plan.

The Emergency Management and Response—Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) reviewed CPG 101: "Developing and Maintaining State, Territorial, Tribal, and Local Government Emergency Plans.” The EMR-ISAC noted that the March 2009 publication has been updated to reflect the impacts of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and more recent natural disasters such as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. It integrates concepts from the National Preparedness Guidelines (NPG), National Incident Management System (NIMS), National Response Framework (NRF), National Strategy for Information Sharing (NSIS), and National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP). The Guide aims to accomplish the following:

· Serve as the basis for effective response to any hazard that threatens the jurisdiction.
· Integrate prevention, protection, and mitigation activities with traditional response and recovery planning.
· Facilitate coordination with the federal government during incidents that require implementing the National Response Framework. (Identify special circumstances where federal interests are involved, and catastrophic incidents where a state would require significant support.)

A working group of officials from state, local, and tribal governments, and representatives from professional associations and universities worked with FEMA to develop the Guide, the first in a series of publications from FEMA’s Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) Initiative. Under this initiative, future guides will be developed regarding special needs planning, emergency response for pets, interfacing fusion centers with emergency operations centers, and specific hazard situations.



CPG 101(172 pp., 4 MB) can be viewed and downloaded at

http://www.fema.gov/pdf/about/divisions/npd/cpg_101_layout.pdf.