New Potential Application for DA2ER

For over 30 years A Disciplined Approach to Emergency Response has been used by the oil and chemical industry and first responders to help them more effectively respond to incidents involving hazardous materials. The checklists for conducting a situation analysis and the response and restoration strategies are most certainly hazardous material specific but the process inherent in DA2ER has broad application. I was recently asked if DA2ER could be applied to a different (non hazmat) type of response and after giving it some thought, I most certainly believe it can be tailored to support any type of response. The concept of conducting a situation analysis, developing prioritized objectives, selecting response strategies and tactics, implementing a response, evaluating its effectiveness and continuing the process until the incident has been resolved are universal. The DA2ER chart can theoretically be modified to provide incident specific checklists for any type of incident. When we have an example of this we will share it on the www.DA2ER.info web site.