NIMS Activity 16: Incorporate corrective actions into plans and procedures
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K-12 schools and IHEs incorporate corrective actions into preparedness and response plans and procedures with community partners.
PREPAREDNESS: EXERCISES
Activity 16: Incorporate corrective actions into preparedness and response plans and procedures.
K-12 schools and IHEs incorporate corrective actions into preparedness and response plans and procedures with community partners.
Association to NIMS
NIMS implementation activities work to build emergency management capacity at the community, State/territorial, and Federal levels. This capacity depends on continual improvement activities such as training, exercises, and updates to the plan. Corrective action plans are designed to apply lessons learned from actual events, trainings, or exercises. For example, following a full-scale drill, exercise participants would host a debriefing meeting with the partners and evaluator identifying what went well, and what did not. Using these lessons learned, an After Action Report (AAR) is created along with identified changes for strengthening the plan.
Implementation Guidance
After schools and IHE campuses conduct a drill or exercise, a review of activities should be conducted to identify strengths and weaknesses in the plan regarding preparedness, protocols, personnel, equipment, and resources. The school and campus emergency management team should host a debriefing meeting and review the data captured in the evaluation process. After a thorough analysis of the exercise, a corrective action plan should be created in order to apply lessons learned to plans and the following aspects should be included:
- The identified corrective action to address the issue(s) or deficiency(ies) found;
- The responsible person or group of people to implement the corrective action(s);
- The due date for completion of the corrective action(s);
- Assessment to determine effectiveness of corrective action(s) installed; and
- An indication that the resulting corrective action(s) will be incorporated into all plans and procedures once completed.
Sample activities that demonstrate K-12 school and IHEs teams are incorporating corrective actions into preparedness and response plans include:
- Identifying strengths and weakness identified in the plan by:
- Holding debriefing meetings after real of simulated events,
- Reviewing evaluation data collected, and
- Writing after action reports;
- Developing corrective action plans that include:
- A description of the issue and corrective action,
- A timeline and person(s) responsible for implementation, and
- Standards for ensuring the issue is adequately addressed;
- Updating the plan to reflect corrective actions.
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NIMS Activity 4: Audits associated with Federal preparedness awards
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