Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 502
Considerations for Fusion Center and Emergency Operations Center Coordination, Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 502, identifies and provides guidance on considerations through which fusion centers and emergency operations centers (EOC) can work together to share information on an ongoing basis, during steady and incident states. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) developed this Guide with the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative, and input from key Federal, state and local partners, and nonprofit organizations. 
Contents
CPG 502 focuses on critical partnerships and information exchange between fusion centers and EOCs. The guide does not provide a “one-size-fits-all” approach to fusion center and EOC coordination. Rather, it outlines the information sharing roles of fusion centers and EOCs while identifying planning and coordination considerations for each entity. This Guide addresses following fusion center and EOC considerations: familiarization with capabilities; requirements; establishing partnerships; determining processes; and training, workshops, and exercises.

CPG 502 also outlines the planning steps, provides templates and case studies for fusion center and EOC coordination and partnerships, and geospatial considerations. Appendix B of CPG 502 provides a template for a memorandum of understanding to serve as a guide for describing how the fusion center and the EOC interface.

Relation to “Baseline Capabilities for State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers”
The process of creating guidance for the operation of fusion centers has evolved through the development of the “Baseline Capabilities for State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers.” The document identifies the baseline capabilities for fusion centers and the operational standards necessary to achieve each of the capabilities. CPG 502 supports the implementation of that document by providing further guidance to state and major urban area fusion center officials on implementing an all-hazards approach and establishing relationships with response and recovery officials. 






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FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.