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The purpose of the Nationwide Plan Review was to assess the status of catastrophic planning and draw initial conclusions for strengthening plans and planning processes at the federal, state, and local levels of government.
The report meets Congressional requirements to review and assess the status of catastrophic and evacuation planning in all states and 75 of the nation’s largest urban areas. It also addresses the President’s directive to review emergency operations plans for the nation’s major cities.
The Review found that disaster planning for catastrophic events in the United States suffers from outmoded planning processes, products, and tools. Plans are not coordinated in a systematic fashion and fail to account for the scope of catastrophic events that could potentially occur. The Review outlines 15 initial conclusions for states and urban areas and 24 for the federal government. Most focus on the need to make specific improvements in plans and to modernize national planning efforts.
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