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1 <br />Emergency Alerting System {EAS) - A voluntary network of broadcast stations and <br />' i~rterconnecting facilities which have been authorized by the Federal Communications <br />Commission to disseminate information during an emergency. EAS is made up of AM, FM, <br />and TV Broadcast Stations and non-governmental electronic communications operating in a <br />' voluntary, organized manner during naturaUmanmade emergencies at the national, state, or <br />local levels. This system keeps the public informed. <br />t Emergency Management - Organized analysis, planning, decision-making, assignment and <br />coordination of available resources to the mitigation of, preparedness for, response to, or <br />recovery from major emergencies. Refer to local and state emergency legislation. <br />Emergency Management Coordinator (EMC) -The Emergency. Response person <br />' responsible to the Direction and Control Group for coordinating the response activities of the <br />combined government, industry, and public forces at work in a disaster. <br />' Emergency Medical Services (EMS) -Local medical response teams, usually rescue squads <br />or local ambulance services which provide medical services during a disaster. <br />' Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) -Person nationally orstate-certified as trained to <br />provide a specif c level of emergency medical care. <br />' Emergency Operations Center (EOC) -The protected site from which civil government <br />officials (municipal, county, State, and Federal) exercise centralized direction and control in <br />an emergency. Operating from an EOC is a basic emergency management concept. For <br />t effective emergency response, all activities must be centrally directed and coordinated. The <br />person-in-charge of the disaster directs the response from this location and all community <br />officials assigned primary emergency response tasks coordinate their actions from this center. <br />' It provides executive directives and liaison to state and federal government and considers and <br />mandates protective actions. <br />' Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) - Anall-hazards document which briefly, clearly, and <br />concisely specifies actions to be taken or instc•uctions to be given in the event of natural <br />disasters, technological accidents, or nuclear attack. The plan identifies authorities, <br />' relationships, and the coordinated actions to betaken based on predetermined assumptions, <br />objectives, and existing capabilities. <br />' Emergency Operations Exercise -Emergency operations training for Emergency Operating <br />Center (EOC) personnel, including civil government officials, under simulated emergency <br />conditions. <br />' Emer enc Public Information -Information disseminated rimaril in antici ation of an <br />g Y P Y P <br />emergency or at the time of an emergency. In addition to providing information, frequently <br />directs actions, instructs, and h•ansmits direct orders. It includes rumor-control processes. <br />During an emergency it is essential that the community have the capability to receive official <br />' EOP/GLOSSARY 4 September 2008 <br />' F-2 265 of 408 <br />