Planning

Whether you are a commercial or government organization, having a comprehensive emergency management plan can help mitigate the effects of disaster on your people, resources, infrastructure, and bottom line. Even if you feel your risk is low, having a plan in place boosts your confidence in your ability to respond to emergencies, helps protect your assets, and instills confidence and security in the people who depend on you.

It is critical to the preparedness success of a jurisdiction or organization that strategic and operational planning be accomplished and implemented through direct collaboration with other stakeholders in the greater community. It is also key that planning efforts be consistent, compatible, and cooperative with other local, regional, state, and federal protocols and standards.

From vulnerability assessments and continuity of operations plans to all-hazards plans and those that address specific threats, such as pandemic and bioterrorism, GP takes a customized approach based on the latest industry or government guidance and standards. GP tailors our services to your organization, infrastructure, and concerns. GP has the skills and knowledge to help you identify gaps and opportunities for improvement in your current plan, as well as to develop new plans from the ground up.

Our Unique Approach to Emergency Planning

GP's comprehensive emergency planning toolkit includes the following:

• Plan for Planning—GP works with you to develop a planning process that meets your goals, builds agreement on the end results, and incorporates stakeholder input.
• Assessment—GP assists you in identifying and ranking current natural and technological hazards, assessing the risks those hazards pose, and developing an inventory of public and private response capabilities needed to respond to and recover from identified risks.
• Smart Planning—GP assists in the development of your homeland security or emergency management plan that is based on state-of-the-art guidance including the Target Capabilities List, National Preparedness Goal, and related standards such as NFPA 1600. We help to ensure that your plan meets or exceeds all applicable requirements, institutionalizes existing procedures that work well, and provides recommended best practices to address the identified hazards. GP further seeks to ensure that your plans integrate and synchronize with other local, state, regional, and national preparedness programs and activities towards strengthening capabilities and preparedness at all levels.
• Practice: Train, Exercise, and Evaluate—Once developed, training on the plan (including all of its integrated parts and annexes) is critical. Exercising the plan and its stakeholders must further be accomplished in a building-block approach in order to identify gaps, missing parts, and the capability needs of its affected personnel, agencies, and jurisdictions. GP will design and implement a training, exercise, and corrective action program that builds continuous learning and improvement into the planning process. This ensures that the plan is useful and effective since it must be utilized and implemented by the intended responders.

Our Emergency Planning Experience

In addition to delivering comprehensive all-hazards plans addressing all emergency management aspects, GP can assist you with specialized plans, including:

• All-Hazards Planning
• Specialized Planning
• Catastrophic Events Planning
• Pandemic and Bioterrorism Preparedness Planning
• Continuity of Operations and Continuity of Government (COOP/COG) Planning
• Critical Infrastructure / Key Resources Planning
• Vulnerability Assessments
• Physical Security Planning

Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP)

States and communities that are EMAP certified may qualify for special government funds to strengthen their all-hazards emergency management efforts. Participation in the program is strictly voluntary, but it provides a valuable assessment of your current prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery plans in addition to the supplemental resources.

GP is well versed in EMAP requirements and can boost your accreditation readiness by assessing your current plans, identifying gaps, and making recommendations for improvement. We can further support you by demonstrating your preparedness via exercises and implementation of improvement plans to train key staff to meet their emergency responsibilities. With GP on your team, you will be well prepared to receive your EMAP accreditation.