ORSEC plan


The ORSEC plan is the French generic emergency plan in case of disaster, when the local means are not sufficient. "ORSEC" stands for Organisation de la Réponse de SÉcurité Civile, although most people say ORganisation des SECours, i.e. "rescue organization".
The ORSEC plan is for widespread or long-lasting natural disasters such as floods, severe storms, earthquakes or major industrial disaster ; this does not necessarily mean many casualties, as there can be an ORSEC plan even when there are no wounded. The disasters with limited effects but with numerous casualties are handled by a red plan.
There is one ORSEC plan per département, started by the préfet, and one national ORSEC plan started by the prime minister.
Since 2007, the red plan is a specific case of the ORSEC plan.

Description

The ORSEC plan is not a list of to-dos, but the description of a general organization:
The structure is the following:
The launching of the ORSEC plan is also an administrative act that allows specific pay back.