MCEOC 2018 SUMMARY OF CHANGES.DOCX

Maricopa County Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) 2018
Summary of Changes
Location Change Contributor
Throughout plan Grammar and formatting corrections. MCDEM
Changed Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station to Palo
Throughout plan MCDEM
Verde Generating Station (and updated all acronyms).
Changed North County Fire and Medical to Arizona Fire
Throughout plan and Medical Authority (organization changed July 2017). MCDEM
Updated page E-44 contacts with same.
Removed references to Homeland Security Presidential
Directive 8 on National Preparedness (2003), which was
Throughout plan MCDEM
replaced by Presidential Policy Directive 8 on National
Preparedness (2011).
Added ESF # and Title to page headers in Appendix A for
Throughout plan clarity in referencing ESF by title and #. Previous edition MCDEM
only listed “Appendix A” for all ESF headers.
Added Tonopah Valley Fire District to distribution list
TVFD
TOC pg. IX
Also, additional levels of table of contents removed to
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condense the overall length of the table of contents.
Population bullets. Updated statistics for county population
per US Census website; removed “race” statistics (not
1 Basic Plan pg. 21 relevant); added household language, disability and over MCDEM
65 statistics, as these have relevance to planning
considerations
Incident Command System, second major paragraph.
Changed “EOC will be operational 24 hours”, to “Following
ICS principles, activation of the County EOC and
2 Basic Plan pg. 22 MCDEM
operational periods will be determined by the size and
complexity of the event, and the necessity for county
support.”
Hazard and Threat Analysis Summary. Updated Hazard
and Threat date (2009) to reflect the current 2015 Hazard
3 Basic Plan pg. 23 MCDEM
Mitigation Plan date. Along with Hazard Profile Summary
and data on page 25.
4 Basic Plan pg. 25 Capability Assessment. Added 2017 THIRA participation. MCDEM
Planning Assumptions. Second paragraph. Changed
“direction and control” to “coordination, situation
5 Basic Plan pg. 26 MCDEM
assessment, and common operating picture…” for the role
of the county EOC
6 Basic Plan pg. 28 Con Ops. 4th paragraph. Added JIC to PIO duties. MCDEM
7 Basic Plan pg. 30 Halfway down page under “Registration can be done…”. MCDEM
Removed phone numbers for FEMA help lines; phone

numbers should not be in the plan, as they can change too
often. Plan only reference sources for FEMA assistance
through the disaster assistance website (best reference).
Office of Procurement Services. Changed “Provide
8 Basic Plan pg. 40 supplies and materials…” to “Provide services to source Procurement
supplies and materials…”.
Changed “direction and control overview development” to
“situation assessment” in title. Also changed “direction and
9 Basic Plan pg 50 control” to “centralized coordination, situation assessment, MCDEM
and a common operating picture become necessary” in
text.
Levels of EOC Activation. Changed “direction and control”
10 Basic Plan pg.
to “centralized coordination, situation assessment, and a MCDEM
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common operating picture become necessary”
Levels of EOC Activation. Per the new NIMS refresh,
11 Basic Plan pg.
changed activations levels from 5 to 3, with description of MCDEM
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each. Also added brief Deactivation procedures.
Plan Development and Maintenance. Added events that
12 Basic Plan pg may prompt a review/update of the plan. Defined “minor”
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58-60 vs “major” update, and defined “annual” vs “5-year”
review/update.
Deleted EOC Sections that listed ESF positions. This is
13 Annex A pg A3 redundant to the EOC org section in Annex B, and has little MCDEM
to do with the ESF annex structure of this plan.
Purpose: Updated paragraph per OET to reflect updated
14 Annex A pg A12 OET
mission
Concept of Operations. Updated GIS definition; removed
15 Annex A pg A13 OET
Management Services
Activities. Updated GIS definition; removed Management
16 Annex A pg A14 OET
Services
Activities. Moved two bullets that were under MCDEM to
17 Annex A pg A26 the support agencies, as they were fire specific actions. MCDEM
“Under automatic aid..”, and “Rural/Metro …”.
18 Annex A pg A39 Updated/added ASL language and request process MCDEM
Modified language for 5th bullet, pharmaceutical
19 Annex A pg A42 requirements, and added note regarding cache of medical MCDPH
equipment being limited.
Modified 5th bullet to address coordination of
20 Annex A pg A43 MCDPH
pharmaceutical requirements
4th paragraph, changed to read “Coordination of the Public
21 Annex A pg A52 MCDPH
Health…”
2nd bullet, added note to reflect MCDPH does not have a
22 Annex A pg A55 MCDPH
local cache of supplies

6th bullet, “As requested, coordinate for health and medical
23 Annex A pg A54 MCDPH
services not provided by red cross”
24 Annex A pg A72 Corrected spelling of waterborne MCDPH
25 Annex A pg A94 Updated/added ASL language and request process MCDEM
Joint Information System: “…a designated communication
channel [added the following for clarity] (such as a public County
26 Annex A pg A99 inquiry call center and emergency phone number)… Communications
Also changed “activated” to “established”
Using Social Media: Removed two paragraphs that
described how to use social media during non-disaster
27 Annex A pg times to stay proficient. Not necessary text. County
A100 Communications
Added, “Due to its increasing mainstream use as a
communications tool,…” in first paragraph.
B1 Re-ordered Support Annex topics to more closely
match CPG101 Comprehensive Planning Guide
B13 Renamed “Major Population Areas in Unincorporated
Maricopa County” to “Population Protection”
28 Annex B1 B17 Moved “EOC Operations” (which was under “Major MCDEM
Populations”), to its own support annex titled “County EOC
Management”. Also removed all but one EOC position
tables/diagrams. Two other listings/org charts showed
conflicting information. All will be detailed in the EOC SOP.
Removed samples of EOC forms. Forms will be in the EOC
SOP (Sit Rep, EOC Action Plan, AAR)
Emergency Management. Update order of succession per
29 Annex B pg. B3 MCDEM
MCDEM 2017 COOP Plan
30 Annex B pg. B3 Environmental Services. Updated order of succession Enviro
Office of Procurement Services. Changed “Graphics
31 Annex B pg. B3 Procurement
Manager” to “Procurement Supervisors”.
Office of Enterprise Technology. Updated order of
32 Annex B pg. B5 OET
succession
32.5 Annex B pg B9 Added “Technology Group” MCDEM
Added clarity to wording for the EOC planning process per
FEMA’s incident action planning guide. Also clarified that
the EOP action plan is for the next operational period, and
is to be used to brief the oncoming shift.
33 Annex B pg B17 MCDEM
Removed EOC Action Plan responsibilities for each
section. This will go in the EOC SOP. Condensed EOC
Planning Process to the essential info.

Essential Elements and Planning Factors. Deleted whole
section. This discussed the details of the EOC Action Plan.
This will go in the EOC SOP.
Considerations for Operational Periods. Changed first
34 Annex B pg B18 bullet, “tactical” to “EOC/Incident”…EOC is not tactical. MCDEM
Also added a second bullet, “Availability of personnel…”
Moved Policy Group membership from “Organization of the
35 Annex B pg B19 EOC”, to “EOC Responsibilities” to show the makeup of the MCDEM
policy group similar to the other groups listed.
For Director and EOC Manager, added “develop and
36 Annex B pg B19 MCDEM
implement EOC objectives”, along with strategy
Planning Section. Changed “coordinating with each
section”, to “coordinating with the Operations Section
37 Annex B pg B20 Chief…”. Reason, Plans and Ops run the planning MCDEM
process. Coordination with other sections is part of that
process.
Consider removing ALL forms and references to forms:
 Declaration Process Templates: B-24 thru B-29
 Damage Assessment Forms: B55 thru B-61