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Every Foreign Service post is required to have an operative Emergency Action Plan (EAP) with procedures in place to respond to emergencies such as natural disasters, civil unrest, a pandemic, or mass casualties. The Post EAP is a living document, updated on a continuous basis and comprehensively reviewed once a year. Diplomatic missions are also required to run mock emergency training drills (usually an intense two-day session every two years) to test their capabilities and the relevance of their EAPs.