MARICOPA COUNTY 2015 EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN UPDATES (4DEC14).DOCX

Maricopa County 2015 Emergency Operation Plan Update
# Change Location
1 Modified general grammar. Throughout whole plan.
2 Implemented consistent spelling of state, county, federal Throughout whole plan.
and tribal. Made references to state, county, federal and
tribal lower case.
3 Incorporated and/or updated Disabilities, Access and Throughout whole plan
Functional Needs associated language and associated
tasks i.e. changed “population”, “public” and “citizens” to
“whole community”, transportation related DAFN
statements and revised Red Cross information.
Updated definitions list (added new/deleted not required) Pg 1-15
4 Added line describing Emergency Operations Plan Pg 21
activation.
5 Updated Maricopa County US Census Bureau estimates. Pg 24
6 Added County hazard language in order to align with the Pg 26
recommendations cited in FEMA Comprehensive Planning
Guide.
Added: “Flooding presents the most probable disaster for
Maricopa County. Flooding occurs due to thunderstorms
and heavy rain which occur primarily during the monsoon
season (June 15th through September 30th). The
Maricopa County also has multiple dams and/or flood
retarding structures (FRS), which in the case of overflow
or failure which could result in extreme flash flooding to the
surrounding communities.
Another hazard for the county is excessive heat
emergencies. Summer temperature will normally exceed
100 degree; with July being the warmest month. On
average the Phoenix area will have approximately 90
annual days of 100 degrees or higher temperatures.
Additionally, high winds and related dust storm events can
occur during the monsoon season and may result in
significant damage.”
7 Added terrorism threat assessment language in order to Pg 27
align with the recommendations cited in FEMA
Comprehensive Planning Guide.
Added “Terrorism threat assessments by law enforcement
departments (FBI, DPS, Maricopa County Sherrif Office)
and on-going analysis and dissemination of criminal,
homeland security, and terrorist information is conducted
via the Arizona Counter-Terrorism Information Center
(ACTIC). Intelligence acquired is disseminated and utilized
per local procedures to develop mitigation plans and
response plans.
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8 Updated Hazard capability assessment in order to align Pg 28
with the recommendations cited in FEMA Comprehensive
Planning Guide.
Added “Maricopa County participated in a self-
assessment, via the MCMJHMP, in order to establish
baseline data and identify emergency response related
gaps in organization, planning, personnel, equipment,
training and exercises. This baseline provides the county
and each department with a fundamental understanding of
internal capabilities and limitations for each defined
hazards. Annex C Incidents provides information
pertaining to the town’s response and recovery capabilities
requirements for each of the assessed hazards.
9 Added EOC to EOC coordination language per FEMA Pg 31
Comprehensive Planning Guide.
10 Updated FEMA Individual Assistance registration contact Pg 34
information i.e. URL and TTY.
11 Moved Governor Declared State of Emergency information Pg 35
to under State Government to improve readability.
12 Added resource request responsibility under ADEM. Pg 36
13 Update procurement information i.e. procurement dollar Pg 41
threshold and submittal authority
14 Added Strategic National Stockpile coordination language Pg 46
under Public Health Department.
15 Update Authorities section (removed outdated/added new Pg 67-69
references
16 Updated ESF #6 Introduction section language in order to A-37
be consistent with rest of plan.
17 Deleted paragraph. Provided no value added to section. A-90
18 Deleted Maricopa County Public paragraph. Agency does B-74
not exist and task covered by Maricopa County Office of
Communication.
19 Updated National Transportation Board Disaster Pg C-14-C16
assistance information
20 Aligned Maricopa County LEPC Plan format with existing Annex E
MCEOP format.
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