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Key Planning Factors and Considerations for Response to and Recovery from a Chemical Incident

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This guidance was published June 2022.

Planning for response to and recovery from a chemical incident requires additional considerations beyond all-hazards preparedness planning.

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The document includes strategic and operational issues for consideration when developing response and recovery plans for a chemical incident.

Key Planning Factors and Considerations for Response to and Recovery from a Chemical Incident provides planning guidance and serves as a reference for regional, state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) departments and agencies that are planning for chemical incidents.

Other stakeholders such as SLTT governments, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector will also find this document to be useful as it supports and complements their planning efforts in responding to and recovering from chemical incidents.