Response Planning

While site-specific information is important in emergency action plans, a standardized approach ensures regulatory requirements are addressed and company best practices and policies are communicated. We work with you to develop company-wide, 24/7 accessible emergency action plans using our SMARTPLAN™ application, which improves accessibility, consistency and plan maintenance — ensuring better compliance and more effective plans.

Hurricanes can produce large-scale destruction every year, and it is critical to have an effective plan in place to protect employees and assets — and maximize business continuity efforts. Our hurricane plans provide editable preparedness checklists for each phase of an impending storm, along with position specific checklists. Our SMARTPLAN™ application integrates with your emergency response and business continuity plans, improving the ability for employers to respond effectively.

The Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires employers to develop a written emergency action plan when more than ten employees are physically on location. We help develop these emergency action plans that identifies site-specific actions to reduce exposure and improve safety from fires, security issues, severe weather and other potentially devastating scenarios.

School emergency plans must be continually updated to reflect a variety of threats, such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks, violent incidents on campuses and public health emergencies, including pandemic events. We help universities and K-12 campuses plan for these situations to minimize risk and exposure, while maximizing safety of students and personnel. Our plans, based on the National Incident Management System (NIMS) guidelines, utilize our SMARTPLAN™ school emergency management software with integrated database technology to streamline emergency planning and optimize plan maintenance.

The challenge of managing and ensuring compliance of Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plans for multiple facilities can be complex. Oil spill response planning and preparedness are necessary to satisfy regulatory requirements, protect the environment, and ensure the best possible response. Our comprehensive planning services together with our SMARTPLAN™ technology satisfy OPA 90 and other regulations for oil and gas, refining, manufacturing, pipeline, utilities, chemical and other industries. We have developed Response Plans for over 1,000 facilities.

Fires cause billions of dollars in property damage and unnecessary deaths and injuries every year. Fire pre-plans, utilizing our SMARTPLAN™ technology, address site-specific information necessary to effectively respond to fires and reduce exposure. These plans provide detailed response data and key information for buildings, process equipment and storage tanks. Our pre-fire response plans can be easily shared with mutual-aid companies and additional responders, allowing for a unified and cohesive response.

Disasters and other catastrophic incidents can significantly stress or exceed an organization’s capability to respond. A high-functioning Incident Management team is critical to optimizing the response. Our experienced Incident Management team can help manage complex incidents onsite – at the corporate, coalition, local, state or tribal level. Our experts can facilitate and manage incident goals, tactics, workflows and documentation. We can also manage your After Action Review to help reduce the probability of a recurrence. In addition, we work with your leadership team, providing guidance and support to shape response effectively.