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Are You Ready?
Is your organization prepared? Have you taken human behavior into account in your emergency management planning? Is your organization capable of protecting its people? Does your staff know how to manage their fears? Are you in compliance with requirements for safety and disaster preparedness? Do you have programs to mitigate the risk of disasters and violence? Does your organization have a comprehensive all hazards emergency program that is capable of effectively responding to any crisis or disaster? Do you have an Emergency Operation Plan that is up to date and exercised twice a year? Does your staff know when and how to evacuate? Have you provided for support of human needs? Does your organization know how to set up and operate an Emergency Operation Center? How will you handle the disaster mental health needs of your staff? Does your staff know the difference between natural traumatic stress reactions and posttraumatic stress symptoms that require professional intervention?
We can consult to help you: 1) address the answers to these and other questions, 2) build a comprehensive emergency management program, 3) evaluate and improve an existing program, 4) advise you how to exercise, test, and revise your emergency management program. With our ongoing consultation, we evaluate and provide guidance for sustainability of your emergency management program and maintaining its excellence and readiness.
Most importantly, we focus on the human dimension. We consult about how people behave during a crisis, when faced with a threat, and are challenged by the chaos of disaster. Thus we provide a unique prospective instead of only presenting a check list of practical things to do. What motivates people to prevent? To prepare? What is the human reaction to threat? What is psychobiology of fear? What do people do when they hear an alarm? Who is a spontaneous hero? Why don't people want to evacuate? What can be done to increase the chances that they will evacuate? What is the psychology of looting? Why wouldn't people shelter in place? What increases the chances that they will shelter in place? What is the role of a human bond? What are the aspects of resilience? How do people bounce back? How can we foster post-traumatic growth? Etc. Etc. Etc. Drawing upon our expertise derived from many years of experience and utilizing evidenced-based approaches, we focus on the essential human behaviors necessary for effective disaster survival.
We can consult to help you: 1) address the answers to these and other questions, 2) build a comprehensive emergency management program, 3) evaluate and improve an existing program, 4) advise you how to exercise, test, and revise your emergency management program. With our ongoing consultation, we evaluate and provide guidance for sustainability of your emergency management program and maintaining its excellence and readiness.
Most importantly, we focus on the human dimension. We consult about how people behave during a crisis, when faced with a threat, and are challenged by the chaos of disaster. Thus we provide a unique prospective instead of only presenting a check list of practical things to do. What motivates people to prevent? To prepare? What is the human reaction to threat? What is psychobiology of fear? What do people do when they hear an alarm? Who is a spontaneous hero? Why don't people want to evacuate? What can be done to increase the chances that they will evacuate? What is the psychology of looting? Why wouldn't people shelter in place? What increases the chances that they will shelter in place? What is the role of a human bond? What are the aspects of resilience? How do people bounce back? How can we foster post-traumatic growth? Etc. Etc. Etc. Drawing upon our expertise derived from many years of experience and utilizing evidenced-based approaches, we focus on the essential human behaviors necessary for effective disaster survival.