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Clark County EOPBasic PlanTable of ContentsBase Plan Table of Contents1Introduction. 1-11.1General . 1-11.1.11.21.2.11.2.21.31.41.5Local Declaration of Emergency .1-10Requesting State Assistance .1-10State Declaration of Emergency .1-11Federal Assistance .1-11Available Resources .1-12Damage Assessment .1-12Disaster Termination .1-13Continuity of Government. 1-131.8.11.8.21.9Legal Authorities .1-8Mutual Aid and Intergovernmental Agreements.1-8Emergency Powers . 1-91.7.11.7.21.7.31.7.41.7.51.7.61.7.71.8Federal Plans .1-4State Plans .1-4County Plans .1-5Authorities . 1-61.6.11.6.21.7Purpose .1-2Scope .1-2Plan Implementation. 1-3Plan Organization . 1-3Relationship to Other Plans . 1-41.5.11.5.21.5.31.6Whole Community Planning .1-1Purpose and Scope . 1-2Lines of Succession .1-14Preservation of Vital Records .1-14Administration and Logistics . 1-151.9.11.9.21.9.31.9.4Request, Allocation, and Distribution of Resources .1-15Financial Management .1-15Legal Support and Liability Issues .1-16Reporting and Documentation.1-161.10 Safety of Employees and Family . 1-172Situation and Planning Assumptions. 2-12.1Situation . 2-12.1.12.1.22.1.32.1.42.1.52.2Community Profile.2-1Threat/Hazard Identification .2-2Hazard Assessment .2-3Capability Assessment .2-3Protection of Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources .2-4Assumptions. 2-5xv

Clark County EOP3Concept of Operations . 3-13.13.2General . 3-1Emergency Management Mission Areas . 3-13.2.13.33.43.5Implementation of the EOP .3-5Alert and Warning .3-5Communications .3-6Situational Awareness and Intelligence Gathering .3-7Emergency Public Information .3-8Resource Management .3-10Access and Functional Needs Populations .3-11Animals in Disaster .3-13Demobilization .3-13Transition to Recovery . 3-14Roles and Responsibilities . 4-14.14.2General . 4-1Emergency Management Organization . 4-14.2.14.2.24.2.34.34.44.5Policy Group .4-2Responsibilities of All Departments .4-4Responsibilities by Function .4-5Local and Regional Response Partners . 4-194.3.14.3.24.3.35Response and Recovery Priorities .3-1State Readiness Levels. 3-3Incident Management . asic PlanTable of ContentsPrivate Sector .4-19Community and Faith-Based Organizations .4-19Individuals and Households .4-20State Response Partners . 4-20Federal Response Partners . 4-20Command and Control . 5-15.15.2General . 5-1On-Scene Incident Management . 5-15.2.15.35.3.15.3.25.3.35.4Area Command .5-2Unified Command .5-2Multi-Agency Coordination .5-4Multi-Agency Coordination Center . 5-45.4.15.4.25.4.35.4.45.4.55.4.65.4.75.5Incident Command Post .5-1Incident Command System . 5-1MACC Activation .5-5Multi-Agency Coordination Center Locations .5-6Incident Action Plan .5-8Joint Information .5-8Access and Security .5-9Incident Management Software .5-9Deactivation .5-9MACC Staffing . 5-105.5.1MACC Manager .5-12xvi

Clark County EOP5.5.25.5.35.66Basic PlanTable of ContentsMACC Command Staff.5-12MACC General Staff .5-13Department Operations Centers . 5-15Plan Development, Maintenance, and Implementation . 6-16.16.26.36.46.56.6Plan Review and Maintenance . 6-1Training Program . 6-1Exercise Program . 6-2Event Critique and After Action Reporting . 6-3Community Outreach and Preparedness Education . 6-3Funding and Sustainment . 6-3AReferences . A-1BAcronyms and Glossary. B-1xvii

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Clark County EOP1Basic Plan1. IntroductionIntroductionSection 1 establishes the framework within which this Emergency Operations Plan exists andhow it fits into existing plans. Additionally, the section outlines federal, State of Nevada, andClark County emergency management authorities pertaining to the community’s roles andresponsibilities.1.1 GeneralClark County has determined that an integrated approach to emergency operations will enhancetheir ability to respond to and recover from disaster. Therefore, the County has developed andadopted by resolution this Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) to provide guidance and practicaltools for conducting joint operations in response to any incident or event affecting their sharedboundaries. The County emergency management mission is to ensure that the County is preparedfor a disaster by ensuring coordination of protection, prevention, mitigation, response, andrecovery activities that increase the County’s capabilities to minimize loss of life and reduce theimpacts of disasters on the community.While the principles described in the EOP can be applied to small, routine responses, the plan isprimarily designed to offer guidance for larger or more complex incidents related to a broadspectrum of hazards that exceed the response capability and/or resources of first responders.No plan can anticipate all the situations and conditions that may arise during emergencies, andon-scene Incident Commanders must have the discretion to act as they see fit based on thespecific circumstances of the incident at hand. It is imperative, however, that all jurisdictions andresponse agencies have a plan that provides general guidance and a common framework forpreparing for, responding to, and recovering from emergencies and disasters. This planpromulgates such a framework for the County that will bring a combination of technicalcapabilities and resources, plus the judgment and expertise of its emergency response personnel,department directors, and other key stakeholders, to bear on any incident. This EOP provides thefoundation and guidance for use of National Incident Management System (NIMS) principlesnecessary to effectively manage incidents within or affecting the County.No guarantee of a perfect response system is expressed or implied by this plan, its implementinginstructions, or procedures. While the County will respond to emergencies to the utmost of theirability, it is possible that some natural or technological disasters will overwhelm their resources.While recognizing this possibility, this plan is designed to help the County fulfill its responsefunction to its maximum capacity.1.1.1Whole Community PlanningThe “Whole Community” planning approach is based on the recognition that it takes all aspectsof a community to effectively prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigatethe effects of disasters. This includes all emergency management partners, both traditional andnontraditional, such as volunteer-, faith-, and community-based organizations; the private sector;1-1

Clark County EOPBasic Plan1. Introductionand the public, including survivors of an incident. Whole community planning also meansengaging populations and partners who may not traditionally have been engaged and consideringhow actions guided by an emergency plan may impact disadvantaged communities.Every person who lives or works in the community shares responsibility for minimizing theimpact of disasters on the community. These individual responsibilities include hazardawareness, knowledge of appropriate protective actions, taking proactive steps to mitigate theimpact of anticipated hazards, and preparations for personal and family safety, as well as theself-sufficiency of neighborhoods. To the greatest extent possible, the County will inform andassist their constituencies, residents, and visitors in carrying out this responsibility by offeringpreparedness information, public information during an emergency, and critical public servicesduring a disaster.1.2 Purpose and Scope1.2.1PurposeThe primary purpose of the EOP is to outline the County’s all-hazard approach to emergencyoperations in order to protect the safety, health, and welfare of their citizens throughout allemergency management mission areas. Through this EOP, the County designate the NationalIncident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS) as theframeworks to conduct all emergency management activities.1.2.2ScopeThe EOP is implemented whenever the County must respond to an emergency incident orplanned event for which the size or complexity is beyond that normally handled by routineoperations. Such occurrences may include natural, technological, or human-caused disasters andmay impact any area of the county. This plan is intended to guide the County’s emergencyoperations while complementing and informing the emergency response plans and procedures ofother local, State of Nevada (State), and federal entities, as well as private-sector resources suchas community- or faith-based organizations.The primary users of this plan are elected and appointed governmental officials, agency anddepartment heads and their senior staff members, emergency management staff, lead responseagencies, and other stakeholders that support emergency operations, such as VoluntaryOrganizations Active in Disasters, school districts, assisted living facilities, and other nonprofitand for-profit organizations. The public is also welcome to read the EOP for their owninformation about how the County plans to prepare for and manage emergencies.The EOP provides the framework for emergency operations throughout the community. It doesnot replace the need for departmental-level standard operating procedures (SOPs) and standardoperating guides (SOGs) to perform their EOP responsibilities and assignments. While othergovernmental and nongovernmental resources are identified in this EOP as having specific rolesand responsibilities, those resources are responsible for developing and implementing their ownEOP/SOP/SOG.1-2

Clark County EOPBasic Plan1. Introduction1.3 Plan ImplementationAs adopted by the Clark Board of County Commissioners, this EOP is in effect and may beimplemented in whole or in part to respond to incidents in or affecting the County.An emergency proclamation is not required in order to implement the EOP or activate theCounty Multi-Agency Coordination Center (MACC). The County Emergency Manager mayimplement the EOP as deemed appropriate for the situation or at the request of an on-sceneIncident Commander.1.4 Plan OrganizationEOP Basic PlanThe purpose of the Basic Plan is to provide a framework for emergency operations and information regarding theCounty’s emergency management structure. It serves as the primary document outlining roles and responsibilities ofCounty departments and partners during an incident.Emergency Support Function AnnexesIncident AnnexWhile this EOP has been developed as anThe Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) focus on critical tasks,all-hazards planning document, somecapabilities, and resources provided by emergency responsehazards may require unique considerations.agencies for the County throughout all phases of an emergency. InTo that end, the Incident Annex supplementsthe event of an incident for which the County’s capabilities and/orthe Basic Plan to identify critical tasksresources are limited or exhausted, each annex clearly definesparticular to specific natural, technological,escalation pathways and procedures for requesting resources andand human-caused hazards identified in theseeking additional support from State agencies. The ESFs, whichmost current Hazard Identification andsupplement the information in the Base Plan, are: ESF 1 TransportationVulnerability Assessment. ESF 2 Communication ESF 3 Public Works ESF 4 Firefighting ESF 5 Information and PlanningSupport annexes provide detailed guidancerelated to specific response and recoverySupport Annexes ESF 6 Mass Careactivities. These may include damage ESF 7 Logistics Management and Resource Supportassessment guidelines, debris management ESF 8 Public Health and Medicaloperations, or shelter plans. The Countydoes not currently maintain Support ESF 8.1 Behavioral Healthannexes, but these may be added at a later ESF 9 S

plan be reviewed concurrently with the promulgation of other County emergency plans and procedures to enhance compatibility and accuracy. Section/Annex Responsible Party Basic Plan . Office of Emergency Management . ESF 1 . Transportation Public Works Department - Road Division . ESF 2 . Communications Information Technology Department . ESF 3