STATE OF LOUISIANA

Office of Homeland Security and

Emergency Preparedness

EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN

APRIL 2005

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Executive Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Signatories to the Louisiana Emergency Operations Plan . . . . . . . . . . …. xiii

Record of Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

BASIC PLAN

I. Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

II. Situation and Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

III. Concept of Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

IV. Organization & Assignment of Responsibilities . . . . . . . . 6

V. Direction and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

VI. Continuity of Government/Continuity of Operations . . . . . . 9

VII. Administration and Logistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

VIII. Plan Development and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

IX. Authorities and References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

X. Glossary/Definition of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Attachment 1 - State Organizational Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Attachment 2 – Potential Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Attachment 3 – Emergency Support Function & Responsibility Chart . . . 3-1

Attachment 4 - Agency Emergency Support Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

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Attachment 4A - Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

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Attachment 4B - Louisiana Army and Air National Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-B-1

Attachment 4C - Department of Agriculture and Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-C-1

Attachment 4D - Office of Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-D-1

Attachment 4E - Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism . . . . . . . 4-E-1

Attachment 4F - Department of Economic Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-F-1

Attachment 4G - Department of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-G-1

Attachment 4H - Department of Environmental Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-H-1

Attachment 4I – State Fire Marshal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-I-1

Attachment4J - Governor - Division of Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-J-1

Attachment 4K - Governor - Office Elderly Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-K-1

Attachment 4 L – Governor – Office of Financial Institutions . . . . . . . . . . 4-L-1

Attachment 4M – Governor – Office of Indian Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-M-1

Attachment 4N - Governor - Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-N-1

Attachment 4O - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center . . . . . 4-O-1