The purpose of the Goodyear Emergency Operation Plan is to establish policies and blueprints to institutionalize existing and new programs, processes and procedures to continuously reduce disaster losses and sustain this effort in future years. For more information on national, state and county plans, please visit the following sites:

United States Department of Homeland Security

Arizona State Emergency Response & Recovery Plan (SERRP)

Maricopa County Department of Emergency Management

The Goodyear Emergency Management team participates in the state’s Top Official (TOPOFF) exercise every two years.  Goodyear officials and staff as well as local volunteers perform critical duties in the Goodyear Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during this “mock” disaster drill.  Afterwards the Emergency Management team debriefs to determine the success and issues involved in the mock disaster.

More information on NIMS courses

More information on State Training

The City of Goodyear is NIMS (National Incident Management System) compliant with the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency. All city employees have completed the NIMS 100 & 700 courses. Goodyear also participates in Maricopa County flood exercises and the city anticipates having a full scale disaster exercise in 2009.