An example would be raising a house above the flood plain before a flood. Planning is the heart of Emergency Management. An Emergency Program Coordinator develops an Emergency Operations Plan with the help of other response Agencies, i.e. Fire, Police, EMS and Public Health to address possible problems during a disaster. One of these steps is Disaster Declaration so that additional resources can be brought in. An Emergency Operations Plan outlines responsibilities for officials responsibilities, who are coordinating shelters, feeding, security and evacuation.
Response is when agencies actually respond to an emergency.
The Emergency Operations Plan-provides a framework as to what steps will be taken, paperwork that must be filled out and who is to be contacted. Recovery is the final part of Emergency Management. Also, during this phase, problems that arose during the response phases are critiqued and ways to make sure they don't happen again are put into place. The Regional Office of Emergency Management works closely with the cities emergency response agencies, Government Officials, within Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties when developing, implementing, and evaluating the EOP's for Central Oregon.