Managing emergencies and safety operations is a top priority for emergency management teams across the U.S. Each organization’s risk tolerance, however, determines how they are acquiring resources and support to manage security.
Experts at DataCapable’s Operations Center have developed an emergency preparedness list to print in order to help risk management teams evaluate how they assess specific areas of risk. Our assessment applies to teams of all shapes and sizes, across all industries. These questions are meant to help stimulate thought and discussion while also identifying areas where improvements can be made.
In our assessment, you’ll find prompts such as:
- How do you keep community members, personnel, stakeholders, and others informed about emergencies as they occur?
- Which department inside or outside of your organization is typically the first to know when an emergency occurs in your service area? If more than one are alerted in differing order, rank who is notified first to last.
- In your organization, what is the average amount of time it takes to learn about and assess the severity of an emergency?
Our printable emergency preparedness checklist is also easy to fill out as an interactive PDF and share with your emergency management team. Answering these questions should help align your department’s needs and priorities when updating or creating an emergency management plan, or support emergency preparedness training sessions.