Arizona State and Local Government Documents Collection
The State and Local Arizona Documents (SALAD) collection contains documents published by the State of Arizona, its Counties, incorporated Cities or Towns, or affiliated Councils of Government; documents produced under the auspices of a state or local agency, board, commission or department, including reports made to these units; and Salt River Project, a licensed municipality. ASU is a primary collector of state publications and makes a concerted effort to acquire and catalog most materials published by state and local governmental agencies.
The ASU Digital Repository provides access to digital SALAD publications, however the ASU Libraries’ non-digitized Arizona documents can be searched through the ASU Libraries Catalog. For additional assistance, Ask A Government Documents Librarian.
Publications issued by the Morrison Institute for Public Programs at Arizona State University are also available in PRISM, in the Morrison Institute for Public Policy - Publications Archive collection.
The State Emergency Response and Recovery Plan (SERRP) is a guide to how the State of Arizona conducts all hazards response. It is built upon National Response Framework as a scalable, flexible, and adaptable coordinating structures to align key roles and responsibilities, linking all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector. It is intended to capture specific authorities and best practices for managing incidents that range from the serious but purely local, to large-scale terrorist attacks or catastrophic natural disasters.
The Basic Plan is used to provide in-depth emergency management information, broken down by specific activities. It is designed for use prior to an emergency situation, and provides an extensive background for emergency responders and managers, specific to appropriate state agencies. The basic plan establishes the requirement for the appropriate state agency, either primary or support, to establish internal guidelines for the execution of each assigned response and/or recovery task.
The Plan provides the framework for State departments/agencies interaction with Federal, county, and tribal governments; the private sector; and non-governmental organizations in the context of incident prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery activities. It describes capabilities and resources and establishes responsibilities, operational processes, and protocols to:
* Help protect the State from terrorist attacks and other natural and human-caused hazards;
* Save lives; protect public health, safety, property, and the environment; and,
* Reduce adverse psychological consequences and disruptions.
The Plan identifies hazard mitigation actions and projects that have the potential to reduce the loss of life and property, human suffering, economic disruption, and disaster assistance costs resulting from natural and human-caused disasters in Arizona. This Plan also meets requirements of a Standard State Mitigation Plan for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).