{"id":480,"date":"2016-05-17T17:21:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T17:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/?page_id=480"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:51:23","slug":"planning-and-preparation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/emergency-operations-2\/planning-and-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning and Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-480\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-480-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-480-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-480-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-079e04e89daf-480\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"sow-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEMS Planning and Preparation\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration-inside\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-480-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-480-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-480-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-480-1-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-480\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/planning-preparedness-continuity\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/07\/planning.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/07\/planning.jpg 600w, 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