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Town of Carrboro Emergency Operations Plan
PURPOSE: The purpose is for the Board of Alderman to receive a high level overview of the updated Town of Carrboro Emergency Operations Plan and to adopt the plan via a resolution.
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DEPARTMENT: Carrboro Fire-Rescue Department
CONTACT INFORMATION: Susanna Schmitt Williams, Fire Chief
919-918-7349, swilliams@townofcarrboro.org
INFORMATION: The purpose of the plan is to outline the Town of Carrboro's coordinated response to a variety of hazards. There are many potential hazards, natural and technological, that may pose a threat to the Town of Carrboro and significantly threaten lives, property, and cause disruption to normalcy. Staff from multiple departments (Town Management, Fire-Rescue, Planning, Police, and Public Works) met to discuss emergency planning for the Town of Carrboro. A threat assessment was conducted with risks/threats placed into a matrix into one of four categories based upon consequences and probability: low risk, moderate risk, high risk, and maximum risk.
A flow chart of needed steps was then developed to identify how the Town of Carrboro would address mitigation and recovery. Department Directors will be responsible for developing department specific plans and maintaining them. Additionally, Hazard or Incident Specific Supplements will remain in an electronic folder for access by Unified Command in the Emergency Operations Center.
FISCAL & STAFF IMPACT: Fiscal impacts stand to be great should the Town not have an adopted working plan. Adoption of the plan will involve the financial costs of Town personnel time spent training on the plan or taking recommended/required National Incident Management System (NIMS) Incident Command System (ICS) courses if they have not already.
Staff impact will be the personnel time spent training, maintaining the plan, developing training exercises, and participating in training exercises.
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