CSEPP Planning Guidance

The CSEPP Planning Guidance reflects a state-of-the-art approach to emergency planning. It is the primary strategic document providing state, local, and Army installation planners with guidelines for formulating and coordinating emergency plans and the associated emergency response systems for chemical events that may occur at the chemical agent stockpile storage locations in the continental United States.

This document provides a comprehensive approach to planning for use by both on-post and off-post agencies and organizations in the development of a coordinated plan. It contains checklists identifying important factors to include in the plans and procedures developed at each Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (CSDP) location. The checklists are supplemented by detailed planning guidelines on major topical areas. The document represents a consensus regarding planning philosophies and approaches among federal agencies, technical support organizations, and state, local and installations planning organizations.

Major Topics:

• Command and Control
• EOC Location, Design, and Equipment
• Communications Support Network
• Protective Action Decision Making
• Protective Actions and Responses
• Public Alert and Notification Systems
• Traffic and Access Control
• Emergency Worker Operations
• Emergency Medical Services
• Public Education and Information
• Evacuee Support
• Response-Phase Decontamination
• Recovery-Phase Activities
• Automated Emergency Management

This document serves three principle purposes in the CSEPP:

• to promote the development of an effective, complete, and comprehensive emergency response capability at each chemical agent stockpile location by providing guidance and direction to assist state, local, and Army installation planners in formulating, coordinating, and maintaining effective emergency response plans;
  
• to ensure that critical planning decisions are made consistently at all eight chemical agent stockpile locations by establishing a single adequate and systematic framework for emergency response planning related to the CSEPP; and
  
• to provide a basis for assessing the adequacy of emergency preparedness planning as a part of the evaluation of proposals for federal assistance.