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COOP - Continuity of Operation Planning

A critical process designed to ensure that essential functions of an organisation can continue during and after a disruption or disaster. In the context of emergency management, COOP is focused on maintaining or quickly resuming critical services and operations in the event of an emergency, such as a natural disaster, terrorist attack, pandemic, or other catastrophic events. COOP ensures that an organisation has pre-established procedures, resources, and personnel in place to continue performing its vital functions regardless of the disaster's impact on its normal operations. This includes maintaining communication, securing resources, and protecting critical infrastructure.


Cooperating Agency

An agency supplying assistance other than direct operational or support functions or resources to the incident management effort.


Coordinate

To exchange information systematically among principals who have or may have a need to know certain information to carry out specific incident management responsibilities.


COSIN - Control Staff Instructions

The control portion of the C/E handbook, provides guidelines for control and simulation support and establishes a management structure for the activities


Credentialing

Providing documentation that identifies personnel and authenticates and verifies their qualification for a particular position.


Crisis Response Team

A team trained to assist in the healing process of responders and public following a traumatic event or incident. 



Critical Infrastructure

Assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the country that the incapacitation or destruction of such assets, systems, or networks would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters.


D

DECCs - Department-level ECCs

Department-level ECCs


Delegation of Authority

A statement that the agency executive delegating authority and assigning responsibility provides to the IC or UC. The delegation of authority can include priorities, expectations, constraints, and other considerations or guidelines, as needed.


Demobilisation

Is the orderly, safe and efficient return of an incident resource to its original location and status.


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