Disaster Planning

Dr Mark Keim is the CEO of DisasterDoc LLC, an international firm specializing in consultation, education and research related to public health emergencies. He is also an adjunct Professor at Emory Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta; and Faculty at BIDMC Harvard Medical School, Boston, on the Disaster Medicine Fellowship program.

Preface; Materials covered; How to use this book; How to use the website materials; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction: 1. What is planning?; 2. What is disaster planning?; 3. Planning as component of preparedness; 4. A capability-based approach for emergency preparedness; Part II. The Principles Of Emergency Operations Planning: 5. Eight principles of effective planning; 6. The O2C3 approach to effective planning; 7. Operational planning; 8. Objective based planning; 9. Capability-based planning; 10. Consensus-based planning; 11. Compliance with norms, plans and regulations; Part III. The Practice Of Emergency Operations Planning: 12. The ADEPT™ planning system; 13. The SOARR™ format for plan organization; 14. The ADEPT™ planning wheel; 14. Preparation for plan writing; Part IV. The Process Of Emergency Operations Planning: 16. Planning assumptions; 17. Risk assessment; 18. Creating plans; 19. Gap analysis; 20. Plan implementation; 21. Plan sharing; Part V. The Quality Of Emergency Operations Planning: 22. Plan monitoring and evaluation; 23. Plan improvement; 24. Planning pitfalls; 25. The future of disaster planning; Part VI. Appendices; Appendix A: Epilogue; Appendix B: Definition of Key Terms; Appendix C: ADEPT Example Plan; Part VII. References.