FEMA Issues New COVID-19 Operational Guidance: All-Hazards Incident Response and Recovery

May 20, 2021
Ken LaSala

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released a new “COVID-19 Operational Guidance: All-Hazards Incident Response and Recovery” to help emergency managers and public health officials prepare for all-hazards, while recovering from COVID-19. The guidance is based on last year’s “COVID-19 Pandemic Operation Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season.”

The guide provides the following information:

Describes continuing challenges that COVID-19 poses for disaster operations and planning considerations to address these challenges.
Outlines consideration for state, local, tribal, and territorial governments as they plan COVID-19 testing and vaccination operations.
Provides updated checklists, reports, and other resources to enable emergency managers to best adapt response and recovery plans.
Outlines how FEMA will adapt response and recovery operations to the risk of COVID-19, while prioritizing life safety, life sustainment, and workforce protection.

FEMA will be offering webinars in early to mid-June to discuss the pandemic operational guidance. For more information on these webinars, please go to the FEMA website.

Ken LaSala is the IAFC’s Director of Government Relations & Policy.

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