Emergency Preparedness & Continuity of Operations

Emergency Planning

The Federal interagency community has developed 15 all-hazards planning scenarios (the National Planning Scenarios or Scenarios) for use in national, Federal, State, and local homeland security preparedness activities.

The Scenarios are planning tools and are representative of the range of potential terrorist attacks and natural disasters and the related impacts that face our nation.

The objective was to develop a minimum number of credible scenarios in order to establish the range of response requirements to facilitate preparedness planning.

Scenario 1: Nuclear Detonation – 10-Kiloton Improvised Nuclear Device

Scenario 2: Biological Attack – Aerosol Anthrax

• CDC Anthrax

Scenario 3: Biological Disease Outbreak – Pandemic Influenza

• PandemicFlu.gov
• Supplement 4 of the HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan on Infection Control
• Interim Guidance on Planning for the Use of Surgical Masks and Respirators in Health Care Settings during an Influenza Pandemic
  

Scenario 4: Biological Attack – Plague

Scenario 5: Chemical Attack – Blister Agent

Scenario 6: Chemical Attack – Toxic Industrial Chemicals

Scenario 7: Chemical Attack – Nerve Agent

Scenario 8: Chemical Attack – Chlorine Tank Explosion

Scenario 9: Natural Disaster – Major Earthquake

Scenario 10: Natural Disaster – Major Hurricane

• Emergency Planning: Hurricane

Scenario 11: Radiological Attack – Radiological Dispersal Devices

• HHS Disasters & Emergencies

• HHS Radiation Emergencies & Event Management

• CDC FAQs About Dirty Bombs

• CDC Acute Radiation Syndrome

• NIH Radiation Event Medical Management

Scenario 12: Explosives Attack – Bombing Using Improvised Explosive Devices

Scenario 13: Biological Attack – Food Contamination

Scenario 14: Biological Attack – Foreign Animal Disease (Foot and Mouth Disease)

Scenario 15: Cyber Attack