- Emergency Management
Program Assessments
- Mitigation Program Development
- Hazard and Vulnerability Assessment
- Impact Analysis
- Local Mitigation Strategy
- Preparedness Program Development
- Testing of Plans
- Specialized Training
- Disaster Exercises
- Emergency Response Program Development
- Emergency Response Planning
- Recovery Program Development
- Recovery of Operations Planning
- Business Continuity
Planning
- Continuity of Operations
Planning COOP
- Active Disaster Support
Below we highlight a few areas where we offer
services. Please contact us to discuss your specific
needs.
Emergency Management
Program Assessments
Our customised assessment provides a fact-based snapshot
of your current situation and uncovers strengths and
vulnerabilities including immediate problems, training
needs and support gaps. The service encompasses a detailed
on-site assessments and a comprehensive report outlining
the recommended improvements. If necessary, a comprehensive
Emergency Management Plan can then be developed based
on the assessment.
Executives who apply this advanced tool – based
on the best disaster science available today – will
help improve public safety and security long before
any program will be put to the test by nature. The
assessment will also help ensure that funds are being
used prudently for the greatest good by reducing duplication
and redundancy, and by helping re-direct funds to where
they are needed the most.
As the basis of our assessments, we use a solid combination
of international and Canadian best-practice standards
to ensure that the improvements we recommend will not
just move your organization to the minimum acceptable
level, but elevate it to the current best-practice
level.
Business Continuity
Planning
We partner with you to ensure that you can remain in
business and recover quickly when the unexpected happens.
Anything from the loss of water or power to a flood
or snow storm can interrupt operations. A fire, chemical
emergency or earthquake can have disastrous impact.
We will help your company identify the critical
functions associated with your specific industry,
products or services, and in a methodical way
identify areas in need of strengthening. We will
recommend practical actions and the most effective
remedies, and assist you in correcting any vulnerabilities.
The expertise of our internationally certified
planners, our practical approach, and our customized
tools based on the best professional practices
in the industry will all ensure that for your
business, the process is not just a theoretical
exercise but a practical tool to help you stay
in business.
Continuity of Operations
Planning (COOP)
Unlike businesses, government operations
do not go out of business when hit by disaster,
but the delivery of the critical services they
provide may be interrupted. Continuity of operations
planning allows these organizations to remain
functional at times of crises.
Where the bottom line is not the most important
criteria for program development, COOP programs
help identify the most critical areas to strengthen
while maintaining high service levels.
Using the industry’s best-practice standards,
and the latest methodology and science as our
starting point, our COOP service for government
agencies includes the identification of critical
areas and functions, assessment of current environment
of operations, recommendations and re-development
of a program to help ensure that critical government
services are available to the public during crises.
Recovery of Operations
Planning
For business, government and community organizations,
preparation for unexpected disasters involves a recovery
of operations program. It must be developed based on
the organization’s specific needs with all the
tools ready in advance so that the recovery process
can start immediately following a disaster.
Equally critical is the regular assessment of
existing recovery of operations plans to ensure
that changes that will affect recovery – including
transportation systems, technology, communication,
staff levels, production methods, buildings – are
taken into account and the recovery program adjusted
accordingly.
Our experts will be able to help your organization
assess your needs and develop a plan based on
the latest industry best-practice standards,
methodology and science. We can assist not only
with recovery plans but also advise you on grants
and financial options, and offer organizational
support to make your plan the best it can be.
Local Mitigation Strategy
(LMS)
Our goal is to help strengthen communities by utilizing
sound, science-based emergency management principles,
so that hazard impacts are part of the day-to-day decision-making
process of a community, and not something that is an
afterthought.
The core of mitigation is peace of mind for decision
makers – the knowledge that they have completed
all available due diligence to help the community avoid
an impact from a disaster or known hazard.
Our local mitigation strategy advice helps ensure you
consider all the vulnerabilities, and in advance determine
the acceptable level of impact from known hazards.
Our data-driven process considers all solutions so
that the short and long-term plans can be created.
It also helps prioritize the best use of public resources,
reduces disaster losses and the costs of recovery or
rebuilding.
When appropriate, we partner with the best in the business
to ensure that the safety of your community receives
the best support possible utilizing the highest possible
level of expertise,
Active Disaster support
(ADS) -- Overhead Team Activation
In the middle of a disaster many things
need to happen at once. We can provide support
to any disaster operation at any level. When
you are in serious need of qualified. Experienced
expertise to help you deal with an event, or
capture data for analysis and reporting of an
after action analysis, we are experienced in
documenting this kind of information for an independent,
objective analysis.
We have the front-line experience in emergencies
and various environmental hazards coupled with
the latest methods and tools in the business.
Our team has participated in a number of international
operations at the planning level and command
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