Preparedness planning.Preparedness pre·par·ed·ness n. The state of being prepared, especially military readiness for combat. Noun 1. preparedness - the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action); "putting them Planning: The City of El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and is launching a disaster preparedness plan that could take $10 million to complete. The city already has an emergency operations plan as required by state law. However, the new plan envisioned by the city's recently created Disaster Council goes beyond that. It is primarily concerned with earthquakes but also takes terrorist attacks into account. The town's population quintuples during the work day because of the significant presence of big businesses such as Raytheon Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in defense systems and defense and commercial electronics. Co., Boeing Co., and Mattel Inc. City officials will encourage those companies to invest in training, portable sanitation sanitation: see plumbing; sanitary science. devices, and food storage to sustain employees in case of emergency. The names of doctors and nurses in the area will be compiled, as will skilled workers like electricians, plumbers, carpenters, heavy machinery operators, and gun owners, to be called upon if they are needed. |
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