National Preparedness Goal

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National Preparedness Goal

• HSPD - 8

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National Preparedness Goal

• On December 17, 2003, President Bush signed HSPD
  8, establishing a national domestic
  all-hazards preparedness goal, to improve
  delivery of federal assistance and to strengthen
  preparedness capabilities of Federal, State and
  local entities.

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National Priorities

• The Goal includes the following priorities
• Implement NIMS and NRP
• Expand Regional Collaboration
• Implement Interim National Infrastructure
  Protection Plan
• Strengthen Information Sharing and Collaboration
  Capabilities

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National Priorities

• The Goal includes the following priorities
• Strengthen Interoperable Communications
  Capabilities
• Strengthen CBRNE (Chemical, Biological,
  Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive) Detection,
  Response and Decontamination Capabilities
• Strengthen Medical Surge and Mass Prophylaxis
  (Preventative) Capabilities

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Capabilities-Based Planning (CBP)

• The CBP approach uses
• National Planning Scenarios
• Universal Task List
• Target Capabilities List

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National Planning Scenarios

• 15 National Planning Scenarios highlight a
  plausible range of major events including
  terrorist attacks, major disasters and other
  emergencies that illustrate the tasks and
  capabilities required to respond to such events.
  

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National Planning Scenarios

• Improvised Nuclear Device
• Aerosol Anthrax
• Pandemic Influenza
• Plague
• Blister Agent
• Toxic Industrial Chemical
• Nerve Agent
• Chlorine Tank Explosion

• Major Earthquake
• Major Hurricane
• Radiological Dispersion Device
• Improvised Explosive Device
• Food Contamination
• Foreign Animal Disease
• Cyber

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Universal Task List (UTL)

• The UTLs describe what tasks need to be
  performed, although the entities determine who
  needs to perform the tasks and how to perform
  them.

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Universal Task List (UTL)

• Many of the Tasks are national, but those that
  involve State and local entities include
• Intelligence
• Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans
• Training Needs for Responders and Support Staff

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Target Capabilities List (TCL)

• The TCLs provide guidance on the specific
  capabilities and level of capability that
  response entities will be expected to develop
  and maintain.
• These TCLs may be delivered with any
  combination of properly planned, organized,
  equipped, trained, and exercised personnel that
  achieves the outcome.

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Target Capabilities List (TCL)

• These TCLs are defined as those that
• Prevent occurrence
• Reduce loss of life/serious injury
• Mitigate serious property damage
• Are essential to homeland security mission

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Target Capabilities List (TCL)

• There are 36 TCs that include, as examples
• On-site Incident Management (include Incident
  Command)
• Volunteer Management / Donations
• Environmental Health and Vector Control
• Medical Surge Capability
• Citizen Preparedness and Participation (Citizen
  Corps)

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