Operation Plan Template Page 14
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43[Month Day, Year]
[Organization Name] Manual ####.#
location here] or the [enter alternate alerting group name here] in [enter location here]
activates the DERG to assume the [Organization Name] mission and essential functions after
receiving instructions from the Director, [Organization Name], or a designated successor.
2.3.2 P
M
ASSIVE
EASURES
Passive measures or “triggers” for activating the Devolution of Operations Plan occur when
[Organization Name] leadership is not available to initiate activation. For example, when the
DERG Director cannot establish contact with the [Organization Name] senior leaders or the
[enter primary alerting group name here], using all possible communications devices, or
media coverage portrays catastrophic events in and around the [enter location of primary
operating facility here], the DERG Director activates the [Organization Name] Devolution of
Operations Plan and assumes the [Organization Name] essential functions.
2.4
D
S
EVOLUTION
CENARIOS
This section should include sample scenarios that would cause your organization to devolve
operations. The sample scenarios should mention catastrophic events, widespread natural
events, and any other events that may cause disruptions to normal operations and prevent
organization staff from relocating to an alternate facility. Sample text for this section includes:
The following examples illustrate possible scenarios that could mandate the devolution of the
[Organization Name] essential functions:
• The [Organization Name] primary operating facility and staff is unavailable or
incapable of executing the [Organization Name] mission as a result of a disaster, attack,
or catastrophe (whether or not originating in the [Organization Name] building) (e.g.
severe snow and ice storm, pandemic influenza, widespread power outages, etc.).
• [Enter primary operating facility metropolitan region here] is incapable of
conducting normal business activities as a result of an incapacitation of critical
information and communications systems, extreme natural disaster, Weapons of Mass
Destruction (WMD) event, hazardous material incident or biological event rendering the
all alternate operating facilities unavailable. Under this scenario, there could be
uncertainty regarding whether additional events such as secondary explosions,
aftershocks, or cascading information systems failures could occur, and many – if not all
– organizations would have to activate their Devolution of Operations programs.
2.5
R
B
C
D
O
ELATIONSHIP
ETWEEN
ONTINUITY AND
EVOLUTION OF
PERATIONS
This section differentiates between normal continuity of operations activations and activities and
a devolution of operations. It includes wording to explain the concept, planning, and
implementation for continuity of operations and a devolution of operations. Sample text for this
section includes:
The [Organization Name] Continuity Plan and Program and the [Organization Name]
Devolution of Operations Plan and Program provide mechanisms to ensure that [Organization
Name] can sustain operational capability across a broad spectrum of emergencies. The
Continuity of Operations Plan supports this goal by relocating a portion of the [Organization
Name] staff to [enter location here]. The Devolution of Operations Plan provides for
[Organization Name]’s ability to sustain operational capability despite the loss or incapacitation
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