Sunday, March 7, 2010

DA2ER for Municipal Infrastructure Protection

Although the current versions of A Disciplined Approach to Emergency Response (DA2ER) focus on response to hazardous materials incidents, the principles involved in the process can be applied to many types of incidents to help simplify the response process. The basics of the process are; (1) conduct a situation analysis (gather the facts and develop prioritized response objectives) (2) select response strategies and tactics appropriate for the response objectives (3) implement the selected strategies and tactics (4) monitor the situation / collect feedback on the effectiveness of the response by conducting another situation analysis - and the process goes on until the response objectives have been met. I just completed a draft of a DA2ER chart, the purpose of which is to help protect critical municipal infrastructure during an emergency incident. It still has some rough edges but it looks like the process will work quite effectively. If you have any thoughts on the subject I would appreciate your sharing them. I'll share the chart after a little more fine tuning.

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