New York Emergency Operations Plan
Purpose, Scope, Situation, and Assumptions
The city of New York, in accordance with the Title 47, Chapter 10 on State Disaster
Preparedness Act (1975) is supposed to come up with a plan and prepare for any
emergencies and disasters that are man made or natural or any other hostile activity
that involves using weapons of mass destruction, such as terrorism. This is the New
York Emergency Operations Plan (NYEOP) that recognizes that the local
government needs to come up with a plan to handle such emergencies on behalf of
the federal government. This plan acknowledges other agreements where requests
can be made for state assistance that may come from other districts or neighboring
cities, or even country (Zaza, et.al, 2016). The plan also defines ... Show more content
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A disaster emergency may become a threat to the United States national security.
When a disaster is a threat to national security, different security procedures and
authorities are required to address the requirements of national security. Such
situations lead to a federal response that is to be supported by the local government.
Situation:
1.An emergency or disaster can occur at any moment, or location within New York
with no notice. Such disasters are bound to lead to a lot of property damage, human
suffering, and economic hardship to the business community, individuals, and
governments.
2.Sharing of information is necessary for many government levels, the private sector,
and response community. The people of New York expect the government to provide
assistance, guidance and inform them when an emergency, disaster or a threat occurs
in the city of New York.
3.Hazard Analysis: A hazard analysis of the city of New York was determined
depending on several risk factor values that included the duration, warning time,
spatial extent, probability, and impact. The greater risk was determined by a higher
risk factor. Some of the human caused, natural, and technological hazards recorded
included landslides, wild fires, earthquakes, canal failure, dams, landslides, drought,
volcanic eruptions, the wind, tornadoes, lightning, severe storms, civil disturbances,
cyber disruptions, radiological and hazardous material (Hoffman,