Emergency Preparedness Checklist
Title IX of Public Law 11-53, also known as the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, calls for the development of a voluntary, private-sector standards program for emergency preparedness. Title IX calls for recommendations to be developed and best practices identified in eight areas:
- Identifying potential hazards and assessing risks and impacts
- Mitigating the impact of a wide variety of hazards, including weapons of mass destruction
- Managing necessary emergency preparedness and response resources
- Developing mutual aid agreements
- Developing and maintaining emergency preparedness and response plans, and associated operational procedures
- Developing and conducting training and exercises to support and evaluate emergency preparedness and response plans and operational procedures
- Developing and conducting training programs for security guards to implement emergency preparedness and response plans and operations procedures
- Developing procedures to respond to requests for information from the media or the public
Desiree J. Hanford is a freelance writer who spent 10 years as a reporter for Dow Jones. She is a former assistant editor of Building Operating Management.
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