EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND
CRISIS RESPONSE CONSULTING
We use a collaborative
approach to emergency preparedness and disaster response
planning that identifies and assesses potential threats or
vulnerabilities, assesses and mitigates risk, identifies
capability gaps, and improves response planning.
Our “All-Hazards” approach addresses
conventional hazards as well as the potential for single
acts of terror and simultaneous, orchestrated attacks. We: |
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 Conduct
a risk analysis for all potential hazards.
- Pandemic epidemics
- HAZMAT Events
- Terrorist and
criminal attacks — directed at you or within
your vicinity
- Political and
civil unrest
- Active shooter /
workplace violence plans and drills
- Fire or
explosions
- Kidnap/extortion
- Power/Service
interruption
- Weather
Events/Natural Disasters
- Dedicate planning
resources to those hazards identified as risks and
complete detailed Risk Management protocols.
- Develop the capacity
to deal with several hazards based on the assumption
that certain core functions will be needed in most
disasters and will be generally handled the same
way.
- Create a baseline
capability that can not only deal with anticipated
risk but can be modified to deal with the
unexpected.
This result in an
adaptable, innovative, and, when necessary,
improvisational Emergency Preparedness and Crisis
Response plan.
We help you organize, draft, and implement emergency
preparedness and emergency action plans and related
procedures that reflect the crisis management policies
of your organization. These plans and procedures:
- Addresses the four phases of emergency
management: (1) prevention, (2) preparedness,
(3) response, and (4) recovery:
- Prevention: This
includes any activities that are
preventative in nature, reduce the chance of
an emergency happening, or mitigate the
damaging effects of unavoidable emergencies.
A practical example is a closed circuit
television system that alerts security
personnel of any unusual activity around a
facility. It also includes activities and
structural designs that increase security
through progressively restricting access to
critical area through the use of layered
perimeters. It must use current technologies
and streamlined processes to maximize the
effectiveness of limited resources.
- Preparedness: This
phase details measures needed to prepare for
an emergency. Training is at the heart of
preparedness, and specific examples include
an improvised explosive device evacuation or
“active shooter” drill conducted to
familiarize building occupants with
emergency procedures, evacuation routes, and
the location of stocked items like water,
food, and blankets at critical
shelter-in-place locations.
- Response: The third
phase, response, has general actions
including moving people to a safe location
or assembly area and turning off gas lines
in a fire scenario. A well-constructed plan
also outlines specific roles and
responsibilities for designated personnel to
perform once an incident occurs and may
prevent it from becoming an emergency. This
orchestrated response not only mitigates
danger; it also brings calm to potential
chaos. If people know how to respond during
an incident, it has a lesser potential of
developing into an emergency.
- Recovery: A highly
developed and comprehensive plan has a
recovery process to allow continuity of
operations without disrupting operations.
Recovery from an emergency includes
implementing actions to return to normal
operations or to an even safer situation
following an incident. Temporary shelter, an
alternate work site, redirecting internet
servers in the event of loss of service, and
temporary increased use of alternate
transportation systems are all part of the
recovery phase.
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 Address
decision authorities by identifying an Emergency
Incident Manager and designated back-up by
applying the National Incident Management System
and Incident Command System Guidelines.
- Designate how response teams will respond
and document actions related to specific
incidents.
- Detail specific protocols for dealing with
scenarios most likely to occur in crisis
situations.
- Specify coordination with security and
business recovery elements
- Specify notification/communication
mechanisms
- Identify Training Requirements
- Identify Redundant Capability/Resource
Requirements
- Establish liaison and cooperative agreements
with agencies, organizations, and entities that
respond, provide assistance, or help recover
from emergency situations.
- Act as a liaison between the public sector
and restoration community
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