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Contents Abstract .............................................................................................................. 66 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 66 “Pan Flu” Strikes in the Recent Past .....................................................................68 Preparing to Develop a Plan ................................................................................69 Agreements and Trigger Points ............................................................................74 e Planning Process .......................................................................................... 77
Formatting the OPLAN .................................................................................80 e OPLAN .......................................................................................................81 References ...........................................................................................................93
Abstract From a planning perspective, this chapter discusses how to eˆectively mitigate the spread of an extensive viral infection on a large scale, which requires timely, sensible, and highly sound planning. e focus is on state level planning under the federal model for developing good operational plans. e chapter clari‘es terminology, such as “epidemic” rather than “pandemic,” as the preferred term for a local or state response. However, after that is explained, “pandemic,” which is the common and more frequently used name and in the chapter’s title, is referenced thereafter in quotation marks. After the introduction, this study presents a brief history of “pandemic inuenza,” how a state prepares to develop a plan, agreements and trigger points which must be decided, the planning process itself, the operational plan with its important template for local use, and conclusions. Tracing a common operating picture from the federal, to the state, and to the city/county levels for “pandemic inuenza,” planning is the ‘rst theme. How to incorporate continuity of government and continuity of operations into a plan, in the face of a rapidly spreading “pandemic,” is the second one. Last, how to deliver from the state to the county level, one workable document called an Operational Plan (OPLAN) with a county template for local use, is the last theme. at template gives counties a “pandemic inuenza” model for planning that is the same as states and regions use, which they can directly apply locally. us this planning process saves lives during a “pandemic.”
