Arapahoe County updates Emergency Operations Plan; commissioners give consensus to finalize and sign

Jun 17, 2025

Emergency Management presented a rewritten, shorter Arapahoe County Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) focused on usability and emergency-support-function summaries. Staff asked board approval to sign the updated EOP and commissioners indicated consensus support at the study session to adopt the revised plan and prepare it for formal signature.

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Arapahoe County Emergency Management presented an updated Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) required by state law and scheduled for its routine three-year refresh. The update focuses on user experience and operational clarity: the base plan has been shortened and consolidated into a concise owner's-manual-style document with one-page summaries for the county's emergency support functions (ESFs). Those ESF annex pages summarize which departments and partners perform which roles, and link to more detailed standard operating procedures (SOPs) when available.

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