What’s the Difference in an All Hazards Mitigation Plan and the Emergency Operations Plan?

Emergency Operations Plan	All Hazards Mitigation Plan
Responds to the actual occurrence of Disasters	Pre-Disaster Time-frame
Assesses Risks to the County	Hazards Identification (Hazards that the County may be vulnerable to: floods, winter storms, high winds/tornadoes, earthquakes, land subsidence, wildfires)
Public Information (dissemination of emergency information and instructions to the public through the media)	Vulnerability Assessment (uses the hazard identification and hazard profile combined with community asset information to analyze and quantify potential damages from future hazard events.)
Direction and Control (who’s in charge)	Analysis of Development Trends (looks at past land use trends and compares those to future trends for land use. Ie…you don’t want to locate new development in high risk areas)
Emergency Planning	Capability Assessment (describes the legal authority vested in local governments to pursue measures to mitigate the impacts of natural hazards.) For the purpose of this plan, we have focused on the evaluation of existing plans and ordinances for the county and each municipality .
Communication (How to in time of disaster)	Mitigation goals, objectives and strategies (what we want to do to solve the problems that were identified in the study)
Lists Resources in case of disaster	Geographic Information System GIS Maps and accompanying information.
Public Warning
Law Enforcement (assigns responsibilities and defines the interaction of the law enforcement agencies in emergency/disaster situations)
Fire Service (County’s firefighting capabilities)
Emergency Health & Human Services (To provide guidance and administration of the County’s resources during periods of emergency to provide for the health & medical welfare of the public)
Utilities, Public Works and Transportation (Provides direction and control for the utilities, public works and transportation section and to outline functions, responsibilities and activities during periods of emergency.)
Search & Rescue (Employment of resources to locate and bring to safety persons lost, stranded or trapped)
Shelter (Operational and organizational policies as well as procedures and guidelines required to meet all of the basic needs of the residents and evacuees in the County)
Reception and Care (To provide for mass care, feeding and temporary housing of persons relocated from a hazardous area because of a disaster or impending disaster)
Evacuation (Provides guidelines for an orderly and coordinated evacuation of the population of the County should the need arise because of an enemy attack, natural hazard, or other major incidents).
Nuclear Attack Response (Provides for the safe and orderly movement of evacuees out of the hazardous area.)
Damage Assessment (to obtain survey information in assessing the extent of damage within the county and is required when requesting State or Federal assistance.
Training (provides for general emergency training and hazard-specific training programs which adequately address training requirements of emergency response personnel)
Legal Services (Consumer abuses and other problems that may require legal recourse frequently plague individuals affected by natural or man-made disasters. This annex describes policies, responsibilities, and procedures for providing legal and consumer protection services.
Hazard Mitigation (Provides hazard mitigation information to those who are concerned with reducing individual, business and public losses stemming from natural or technological hazards.
Hazardous Materials (LEPC Plan) The Local Emergency Planning Committee is responsible for all Hazardous Materials Incident Planning.
Food Distribution (guidance for a food distribution service that would monitor and control supplies, transportation, staging areas, and personnel necessary to provide food to a relocated population.)
Disaster Recovery (Guidance for basic steps that can be taken to recover from all types of disasters)	Disaster Preparedness (Guidance for basic steps that can be taken to prevent damages from future disaster events)