Emergency response manual
Published: Thu, 27 Nov 2014, 14:09Last updated: Tue, 12 May 2015, 13:53
The United States Department of Agriculture–Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service prepared the Emergency Response Manual as a field reference to help employees quickly find the information they need when responding to a plant health emergency. Use the manual when following the Incident Command System (ICS) to manage a threat to U.S. agriculture and natural resources. The manual provides the following guidance for responders to plant health emergencies in the United States and Territories:
- Descriptions of pertinent authorities
- Organizational guidelines for ICS that facilitate a quick response
- Directions for using ICS to develop and manage a response
- Instructions for assigning specific responsibilities to individuals
- Instructions for developing an Incident Action Plan
- Lists of necessary activities
- Summaries of responsibilities of PPQ Headquarters and Regional Stafflevels related to providing support and services in the field
Resources on this page are not intended to be interpretations of ISPMs and terminology used may not be consistent with ISPM 5. Unless otherwise indicated resources, or pest distributions contained within them are not endorsed/adopted/agreed by the CPM nor developed under the auspices of the IPPC Secretariat, and are the exclusive responsibility of the author of the contributed phytosanitary resource.
Resource provide by:- NPPO of USA
Tags:
- Manual/Guide
Documents:
Emergency Response Manual.pdf