CHARLESTON COUNTY GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT 2021 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK Charleston County Emergency Operations Plan 2021 Record of Changes Version Date Description / Changes 2017 12/17 On-going revisions for Compliance with EMAP Standards 2018.0 4/2/18 On-going revisions for Compliance with EMAP Standards 2018.1 06/21/18 On-going revisions for Compliance with EMAP Standards 2018.2 10/30/18 Up-date of ESF-17 Pet Shelter plan and ESF-8, EMS MCI Plan 2019.0 4/1/2019 Change OPCON Designations to align with Federal and State change, Update Coroners Mass Fatalities Plan 2019.1 11/2019 Added Catastrophic Plan to EOP as an Addendum 2020.0 2/12/2020 WEBEOC has been removed as a back-up platform; On-going revisions for Compliance with EMAP Standards 2020.1 7/7/2020 EOC Limited Activation added to address Social Distancing, Added stake holder involvement schedule for plan. 2021.0 04/12/2021 Annual Update and Review Record of Distribution Version Date Description / Changes 2016.1 01/ 2016 State EMD, EOC Staff Alert List –Link via EMAIL, County WEBSITE 2017.1 10/4/17 State EMD, EOC Staff Alert List –Link via EMAIL, County WEBSITE 2018.0 4/2/2018 State EMD, EOC Staff Alert List –Link via EMAIL, County WEBSITE 2018.1 06/21/18 State EMD, EOC Staff Alert List –Link via EMAIL, County WEBSITE 2019.0 4/1/2019 State EMD, EOC Staff Alert List –Link via EMAIL, County WEBSITE 2020.0 2/12/2020 State EMD, EOC Staff Alert List –Link via EMAIL, County WEBSITE 2021.0 4/12/2021 State EMD, EOC Staff Alert List –Link via EMAIL, County WEBSITE DISTRIBUTION The distribution of this plan will include all of the organizations, departments and divisions that are listed in the EOC Staff Alert List. It will be made available upon request to other agencies. This Plan is available on the Accreditation Folder (F:) on the County Network Drive and the County Wide Drive (K :) and on the EOC Drive (G:) housed within the Emergency Services Building. There is also a Drop Box link for outside agencies to access the plan upon request due to the large size of the document that it cannot be emailed. This plan is also available to the public via the internet at: https://www.charlestoncounty.org/departments/emergency- management/files/EOP.pdf Coordination Agencies The following Agency’s are consulted in the development and maintenance of this plan. County Admin, DCA’s, CCEMD, CDC, Facilities, Legal, IT Services, Human Resources ESF’s ESF-1 (Fleet OPS, SCDOT & CAP) ESF-2 (Communications, RadioCom & TeleCom), ESF-3 (PWD), ESF-4 (FSC & FFM), ESF-5 (Planning & GIS), ESF-6/11 (ARC, DSS, CCSD & SA), ESF-7 (Procurement, Finance & S&RM), ESF-8 (DSS, Coroner & EMS), ESF-9 (Rescue), ESF-10 (DHEC), ESF-12 (Facilities), ESF-13 (SO), ESF-14/18 (Recovery Section), ESF-15 (PIO & CI Managers), ESF-16 (SCHP), ESF-17 (Sheriff’s Office AC), ESF-19 (SCANG), ESF-24 (Economic Development) Others SCEMD REM, Salvation Army, Charleston City EM, Mt. Pleasant EM, North Charleston EM - i - Charleston County Emergency Operations Plan 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE ....................................................................................................................... 1 GLOSSARY .................................................................................................................... 3 ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................. 11 BASIC PLAN ................................................................................................................ 15 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 15 General .............................................................................................................................................. 15 Purpose ............................................................................................................................................. 15 Scope ................................................................................................................................................. 15 Mission Statement ............................................................................................................................ 16 Emergency Preparedness Planning Responsibilities .................................................................. 16 SITUATION AND PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS ..................................................................................... 16 Situation ............................................................................................................................................ 16 Hazard Analysis ................................................................................................................................ 16 Planning Assumptions .................................................................................................................... 33 ORGANIZATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES ........................................................... 34 General .............................................................................................................................................. 34 Emergency Organization ................................................................................................................. 34 County ............................................................................................................................................... 34 Responsibilities of the Charleston County Emergency Management Department ................... 35 Responsibilities of County Departments and Agencies; ............................................................. 35 Responsibilities of Other Primary and Supporting Agencies; .................................................... 36 CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS ................................................................................................................ 37 General .............................................................................................................................................. 37 Local Governments [Municipal/Public Service District/County] ................................................. 37 State Government............................................................................................................................. 39 Federal Government ........................................................................................................................ 40 Preparedness .................................................................................................................................... 41 Response .......................................................................................................................................... 41 Recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 42 Prevention / Mitigation ..................................................................................................................... 42 DISASTER INTELLIGENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS ....................................................................... 42 Information Planning ....................................................................................................................... 42 Information Collection, Alert, and Notification .............................................................................. 43 Information Flow ............................................................................................................................... 44 Public Information Dissemination .................................................................................................. 44 EVACUATION ........................................................................................................................................ 46 DIRECTION AND CONTROL ................................................................................................................. 48 General .............................................................................................................................................. 48 Organization ...................................................................................................................................... 48 Responsibilities ................................................................................................................................ 49 Operations ......................................................................................................................................... 52 Recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 52 Mitigation ........................................................................................................................................... 53 ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS .................................................................................................... 53 General .............................................................................................................................................. 53 Logistics ............................................................................................................................................ 53 Voluntary Organizations .................................................................................................................