October 8, 2012
Henny Breen
Communication And Crisis Paper
As the director contingency plans would be in place according to the emergency Management office. My job would be to make the decisions to make sure the right staff was on hand. Once the staff is countable with the contingency plan as a director, we would start contacting local agencies such as, Law Enforcement and Public works to establish how severe the contamination and how widespread is. Most of all determine the agent used and was prepared to have the necessary medications to combat the agent. I would be contacting poison control to assist I would hope to have a list of Military Doctors to assist with any advice with the agents who could have been used. Delegation would be key for the me as the director to have a sound staff to assist with the workload, tensions will be high during this time and very stressful and as a director.
Potential advantages within the agency would be he or she would have already been surrounded by good members and are highly trained for any circumstance. The public would be a key factor in providing feedback and how severe the reaction is. Private sectors could be a resource such as news media, and public works. The water department would be key in testing the water ways and determine who is infected, as well I would notify the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health. As with any communication there will be challenges between the different agencies because of limited information given by each agency affected by the contamination. Information from each resource will be critical during the early stages to prevent widespread panic by the public as well as his or her own staff, some of those obstacles would simply as away from family members during this time as a director it would be a challenge to keep team members focused to perform his or her job duties. Pulling the staff