What is the Emergency Management Philosophy?
Impacts associated with facility and activity-specific hazards need to be understood and design emergency management programs accordingly. The last line of defense is to examine low-probability, high-consequence events and prompt recognition with commensurate response by using prompt recognition tools and pre-planned initial decisions. NNSA and Department of Energy facilities, sites, and/or activities emergency management programs are developed based on a comprehensive understanding of the specific hazards that are identified through the hazards surveys, screening, and assessments processes. The results of the examination and analysis of hazards in these processes become the technical planning basis for the emergency management program. Using the knowledge and insights gained through the hazards surveys, screening, and assessments processes, NNSA develops detailed plans and procedures and train their emergency management and response staff to carry out response actions, in particular,
