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... 67 Glossary of Terms After-action report A document intended to capture observations of an exercise and make recommendations for postexercise improvements. The final after-action report and improvement plan are printed and distributed jointly as a single after-action report/improvement plan following an exercise.
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... 68 Practices in Airport Emergency Plans Common procedures Standardized, specific actions for staff to take in response to a variety of hazards, threats, or incidents. Examples include evacuation, shelter-in-place, and family reunification.
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... Glossary of Terms 69 critical infrastructure owners and operators; and all other organizations and individuals who assume an emergency management role. Also known as an emergency or first responder.
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... 70 Practices in Airport Emergency Plans all-hazards critical operational functions and describe the actions, roles, and responsibilities of airports and participating organizations. In some plans, functional annexes are referred to as emergency support functions.
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... Glossary of Terms 71 Incident action plan A document outlining the control objectives, operational period objectives, and response strategy defined by incident command during response planning. Incident command The incident command system's organizational element responsible for overall management of the incident and consisting of the incident commander (either single or unified command structure)
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... 72 Practices in Airport Emergency Plans event. However, lessons learned may be identified and documented at any point during the life cycle.
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... Glossary of Terms 73 and the private sector to work seamlessly to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity, in order to reduce the loss of life or property and harm to the environment. National Response Framework A guide establishing a comprehensive, national, all-hazards approach to domestic incident response.
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... 74 Practices in Airport Emergency Plans Preparedness A continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action to ensure effective coordination during incident response. Within the National Incident Management System, preparedness focuses on the following elements: planning, procedures and protocols, training and exercises, personnel qualification and certification, and equipment certification.
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... Glossary of Terms 75 Stakeholder A person with an interest or concern in something. Structural Any component of the building whose primary function is to support the dead load (e.g., building, roof)

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