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Coordinating With Your Local Response Partners

Contents

• Key Activities
• Introduction
• A Partnering Primer
• Developing a Community Network
  • Possible Points of Contact
  • Developing Shared Missions and Objectives
  • Avoiding Political Feuds
  • Non-governmental Partners
• Working With Response Partners to Understand Risks, Needs, and Resources
  • Assessment Basics
  • Planning and Resource Sharing
  • Locating and Upgrading Existing Capabilities
  • Assigning Roles and Responsibilities
• Conducting Emergency Operations
  • Incident Command System
  • National Incident Management System
• Communicating During and After an Event
• Identifying Activities During Non-emergency Periods
• Action Steps Checklist

Appendix A: Basic Incident Command System (ICS) Organizational Structure
Appendix B: National Incident Management System Concepts and Principles

Last Updated on 8/18/2006