Parishes and State to obtain assistance for facilities during and following emergencies. IV. TRAINING The current staff will be trained on the new or updated EOP at the time of its publication. All new staff will be trained on the EOP in orientation. Volunteers must be trained on the EOP. Emergency Preparedness training will be conducted annually. Documentation of the training on the EOP and annual emergency preparedness training will be maintained by (state what position is responsible for maintaining the documentation of training, usually Human Resources) Knowledge of EOP and emergency preparedness will be shown by return demonstration, if applicable, and participation in the facility Testing Program. V. TESTING The Agency will participate in a full scale exercise that is community-based or when a community-based exercise is not available, an individual, facility based exercise annually. In the event that the Agency experiences an actual natural or man-made emergencies that requires activation of the EOP, the Agency is exempt from engaging in an individual full scale exercise for 1 year following the onset of the actual event. The Agency must conduct a second exercise every year. The second exercise can be another individual full scale exercise or a tabletop exercise. After full scale exercises, tabletops or actual events, the Agency should analyze the response, identify areas for improvement and updated the EOP, if required. A template for review is found at Annex B. Further emergency preparedness information can be found at the state association websites: Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization @
Parishes and State to obtain assistance for facilities during and following emergencies. IV. TRAINING The current staff will be trained on the new or updated EOP at the time of its publication. All new staff will be trained on the EOP in orientation. Volunteers must be trained on the EOP. Emergency Preparedness training will be conducted annually. Documentation of the training on the EOP and annual emergency preparedness training will be maintained by (state what position is responsible for maintaining the documentation of training, usually Human Resources) Knowledge of EOP and emergency preparedness will be shown by return demonstration, if applicable, and participation in the facility Testing Program. V. TESTING The Agency will participate in a full scale exercise that is community-based or when a community-based exercise is not available, an individual, facility based exercise annually. In the event that the Agency experiences an actual natural or man-made emergencies that requires activation of the EOP, the Agency is exempt from engaging in an individual full scale exercise for 1 year following the onset of the actual event. The Agency must conduct a second exercise every year. The second exercise can be another individual full scale exercise or a tabletop exercise. After full scale exercises, tabletops or actual events, the Agency should analyze the response, identify areas for improvement and updated the EOP, if required. A template for review is found at Annex B. Further emergency preparedness information can be found at the state association websites: Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization @