An Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) is considered a crisis response plan. This plan includes many facets including, evacuation planning, special needs populations, equipment needed, education and training programs, public preparedness training, emergency exercises, business planning preparedness, and evaluation. The following journal article Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements, identifies ten essential elements for a crisis response plan. After reading summaries, reading the journal article and watching the videos, Inside the Megastorm, and Megastorm Aftermath relating to megastorm Sandy that hit the northeast United States in 2012, answer the following in 900 words or more:

• Which three effective elements do you feel are the most important and why?
• Discuss some of the ways the northeast prepared for the megastorm and some of the issues they faced due to lack of preparedness.
• Do you believe that most organizations, businesses, and local governments have sufficient preparedness plans in place?
• What, in your opinion, is a critical component of any preparedness plan to maximize effectiveness.

Support your response with specific sources and examples. Include word count and resources at the end.