Building Operating Management's Emergency Preparedness Self-Assessment Tool provides a cost-effective solution for organizations seeking to identify their top priorities for disaster and crisis response. Focusing on issues that affect the life and safety of individuals, this tool provides a wealth of information and guidance. It's like having a consultant sit down with you to review your emergency preparedness plan. You get a comprehensive analysis of your emergency preparedness efforts.

It's a very good tool to make sure you're doing the things you need to do. An outstanding value for its cost.

Robert F. Lang, CPP, CSO, CEM
Vice president, strategic security and safety
Kennesaw State University

	FMs initiating an emergency preparedness plan
	FMs updating an emergency preparedness plan
	FMs evaluating their current emergency preparedness plan

You take an online survey of approximately 80 questions. These questions are organized into three modules: People; Places (Physical and technological infrastructure) and Processes (Policies and procedures necessary to ensure safety). The questions are drawn from industry best practices, rules and regulations as well as accepted standards.

	Easy survey to complete
	Questions are presented one per page
	Responses presented in a multiple-choice format
	You can enter comments to clarify your answer.
	Questions weighted and scored by priority

Immediately after completing the survey, you will receive a Standard Report. Your Report contains a list of practical, actionable tasks ordered by level of priority (highest to lowest). It includes:

	Executive Summary Information in table, graph and chart form provides high-level feedback with scores, priorities and validity of your responses about your organizations level of readiness and planning for each module (People, Places, Processes). Includes a "Heat Map" indicating how responses are distributed based on their priority and urgency.
	Detailed Report This section contains the individual questions, your responses and recommendations and educational information. The items are organized in order of priority within each module so you can focus your efforts on the most critical plan components.

IFMA recently identified Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity as the 10th core competency for facility management. Let us help you get started today.