Douglas County Disaster Recovery Plan (CO, USA)

The Douglas County Disaster Recovery Plan is a comprehensive, all-hazard plan that establishes a comprehensive framework for managing recovery efforts within the county.

This plan fulfills Douglas County’s commitment to maintain readiness capabilities for all phases of emergency management, and thus to be able to respond to, and recover from, disasters or large-scale emergencies. It also incorporates the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the county standard for emergency response operations, as adopted by Douglas County resolution on September 21, 2004.

This plan establishes the overall roles and responsibilities for emergency recovery operations, as well as the concept of operations for the County. It is intended to be used in conjunction with established operational procedures, plans, and protocols. Although this plan was written for Douglas County Government, it is encouraged that other agencies and levels of government within Douglas County adapt it for their own needs, or adopt it for their use.  In either case, it is important that recovery plans be coordinated between agencies, so as to mitigate any conflicting actions and to avoid duplication of efforts.