Crisis action plans are developed during time-sensitive situations in response to a current or imminent incident.

• Planners modify deliberate plans to create crisis action plans.
• Crisis action plans are developed based on the situation and the risks that exist as planning occurs.
• These plans must be able to adapt to an incident’s changing conditions.

Although most of the chapters in this course focus on deliberate planning, notes throughout the course will urge you to consider how each step of the operational planning process applies to crisis action planning. Chapter 9 discusses how to use deliberate plans during crisis action planning in more detail.