NASA Procedures and Guidelines
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NPR 8715.2 Eff. Date: December 22, 1999 Cancellation Date: January 09, 2009	NASA Emergency Preparedness Plan Procedural Requirements - Revalidated
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APPENDIX F. Terms and Definitions

The terms and definitions used in the NASA Emergency Preparedness Program Plan are consistent whenever possible with current response community terminology. The National Response Plan lists those terms that are specific to disaster response and recovery activities, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Public Law 93-288), and other types of response activities. Unique terms and definitions that apply to the NASA Emergency Preparedness Program are provided below.

1. Damage Assessment. Identification of damage to all resources, facilities, and the population after an emergency in an effort to obtain State and Federal assistance. Examples of damage assessment should include, but are not limited to, the boundary and locations of the greatest devastation, the estimate of casualties, the status of damaged/available medical resources, the status of damaged/available communication resources, the status of damaged/available transportation systems, the status of damaged/available utilities (i.e., water, gas, and/or electricity), damage to buildings, shelter requirements, threats from secondary hazards, and the weather.

2. Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The area designated as the control center from which coordination of resources in support of emergency incidents is exercised and maintained.

3. Emergency Operations Plan. A plan for conducting and coordinating operations during an emergency. It provides for the management of critical resources and promotes a mutual understanding among the various participating agencies of their authority, responsibility, functions, and operations.

4. Emergency Preparedness Coordinator. The individual responsible for establishing and managing the overall Emergency Preparedness Program Plan. Responsibilities include developing an effective organizational structure, allocating resources, making appropriate assignments, managing information, and continually attempting to achieve the basic objectives of the plan.

5. Emergency Preparedness Program Planning Group. A group responsible for evaluating the available resources for preparing for and responding to potential emergencies. The various responsibilities should include, but are not limited to, developing emergency notification procedures, outlining evacuation plans, proposing methods and schedules for exercising emergency response plans, and identifying the facilities and transportation routes of extremely hazardous materials.

6. Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA is the Federal point of contact for emergency management programs in both peace and war. FEMA works directly with State and local governments, along with private industry and volunteer organizations in the entire emergency management community, to lessen the potential effects of disasters and to increase emergency response programs.

7. National Security Emergency Preparedness. Procedures designed to mitigate any occurrence, including natural disaster, military attack, technological emergency, or other emergency that seriously degrades or threatens the national security of the United States.

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