Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview Administrative Information Daily schedule Restroom...

Unit 1: Introductions and Course Overview

Administrative Information Daily schedule Restroom locations Breaks and lunch Emergency exit routes Dining facilities Pagers/cell phones Telephone messages Course completion requirements Course Evaluation


Student IntroductionsIntroduce yourself by providing: Your name and departments or agencies. Your roles in COOP management. Your experience as training instructors.


Course Purposes1. To acquaint you with the COOP planning

guidance and program management.

2. To provide you with the skills necessary to train this course.


Course Objectives Define continuity of operations. Explain the benefits of developing a viable

COOP plan. Identify elements of a viable COOP capability. Identify processes, resources, and tasks

necessary to implement and manage a successful COOP program.

Teach this course to others.


Course AgendaDay 1 Day 2

A.M. Unit 1: Introduction and Course Overview Unit 2: Identifying and Prioritizing Essential

Functions Unit 4: Orders of Succession Unit 5: Delegations of Authority Unit 3: Identifying and Safeguarding Vital

Records

Unit 12: Developing COOP Plans and Procedures

Unit 8: Tests, Training, and Exercises Unit 14: Developing a Corrective Action Unit 13: Operating In a COOP

Environment

P.M. Unit 6: Selecting Alternate Facilities Unit 9: Continuity and Human Capital Unit 7: Interoperable Communications Unit 10: Devolution Planning Unit 11: Reconstitution Planning Unit 15: Family Support Planning Day One Overview / Adjourn

Unit 16: Outreach and Resources Pandemic Influenza Planning Discussion Unit 17: Delivering Effective Training Adjourn


Course Materials The Student Manual is the students’ main reference for the course. It includes: All course content. Activities. Job aids.


What Is Continuity of Operations?

What is continuity of operations?


Benefits of COOP Planning Benefits of COOP planning: Good business practice. Enables agencies to continue essential

functions. Part of the fundamental mission of all agencies.


The Legal Basis for COOPContinuity of Operations: Is a Federal governmentwide initiative. Has its legal basis in PDD-67. Ensures performance of essential functions

under a broad range of circumstances.


The Legal Basis for Continuity of Operations

PDD-67: Was issued in October 1998. Applied to all Federal departments and

agencies. Assigned FEMA as lead agency. Recognized emerging threats.


Executive Order 12656Executive Order 12656 required department/agency heads to provide for: Succession to office and emergency

delegations of authority. Safekeeping of essential resources, facilities,

and records. Establishment of emergency operating

capabilities.


Requirements for COOP PlanningCOOP plans must: Be effective with and without warning. Take an all-hazard approach. Include alternate facilities. Have essential functions operational within 12

hours of activation. Be able to sustain operations for 30 days.


Federal Preparedness Circular-65COOP Authorities and Guidance: FPC-65: Federal Executive Branch COOP


National Continuity Policy May 2007NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE/ NSPD 51

HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE/ HSPD-20

establishes "National Essential Functions," prescribes continuity requirements for all executive departments and agencies, and provides guidance for State, local, territorial, and tribal governments, and private sector organizations


National Continuity Policy(h) "National Essential Functions," or "NEFs," means that subset of Government Functions that are necessary to lead and sustain the Nation during a catastrophic emergency and that, therefore, must be supported through COOP and COG capabilities; and

(i) "Primary Mission Essential Functions," or "PMEFs," means those Government Functions that must be performed in order to support or implement the performance of NEFs before, during, and in the aftermath of an emergency.


National Continuity Policy

adequate warning of potential emergencies that could pose a significant risk to the homeland might not be available, and therefore all continuity planning shall be based on the assumption that no such warning will be received.



(9) Recognizing that each branch of the Federal Government is responsible for its own continuity programs, an official designated by the Chief of Staff to the President shall ensure that the Executive branch's COOP and COG policies in support of ECG efforts are appropriately coordinated with those of the Legislative and Judicial branches in order to ensure interoperability and allocate national assets efficiently to maintain a functioning Federal Government.


National Continuity Policy(10) Federal Government COOP, COG, and ECG plans and operations shall be appropriately integrated with the emergency plans and capabilities of State, local, territorial, and tribal governments, and private sector owners and operators of critical infrastructure, as appropriate, in order to promote interoperability and to prevent redundancies and conflicting lines of authority. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall coordinate the integration of Federal continuity plans and operations with State, local, territorial, and tribal governments, and private sector owners and operators of critical infrastructure, as appropriate, in order to provide for the delivery of essential services during an emergency.



All discussed in depth in the 110 page

National Continuity Policy Implementation Plan

August 2007


Elements of a Viable COOP Capability Plans and Procedures Essential functions Vital records Orders of succession Delegations of authority Alternate facilities Interoperable communications Human capital Test, training, and exercises Devolution Reconstitution


FEMA’s Role in Continuity of Operations Lead agent for COOP planning in the Federal

Executive Branch. Responsible for issuing guidance to promote

understanding of and compliance with Federal mandates and requirements.

State and local governments designate their own lead agents for COOP planning.

Each agency develops its own COOP plan.


What COOP is NotCOOP is not the same as: Occupant Emergency Plans (OEPs). Continuity of Government Plans (COGs).


Objectives of COOP Planning Ensure continued performance of essential functions and operations. Reduce loss of life. Minimize damage and losses. Ensure successful succession.


Objectives of COOP Planning Reduce or mitigate disruptions. Ensure the provision of alternate facilities. Protect agency assets.


Objectives of COOP Planning Achieve a timely and orderly recovery from

COOP operations. Achieve an efficient reconstitution. Maintain a test, training, and exercise program

to support implementation and validation of COOP plans.


Activity: Benefits of COOP Planning 1. Work in your table groups.

2. Imagine your building has just burned down.

3. Answer the questions.

4. Select a spokesperson for the group.

5. Participate in a class discussion.

You will have 10 minutes to complete this activity.


COOP Program Manager Responsibilities

How many of you are COOP Program

Managers?



The COOP Program Manager: Serves as the agency’s COOP coordinator. Is responsible for all activities that enable the

agency to perform essential functions in any situation that would otherwise disrupt normal operations.

Chairs the department’s or agency’s internal COOP Working Group (CWG).



Critical COOP Program Manager skills: Business management Interpersonal Communication Facilitation


Summary and TransitionThis unit: Introduced and defined COOP. Described responsibilities of key personnel.

Next unit: Identifying and Prioritizing Essential Functions

(Unit 2)


Summary and Transition

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