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Whole Community Approach

Hagerty Consulting, Inc. considers the “Whole Community” when conducting outreach, developing plans, or helping jurisdictions recover. This means we work with local volunteer organizations, nonprofits, private sector, and government stakeholders at all levels. Our networks and relationships allow us to gain additional information, locate potential resources, identify funding opportunities, and seek potential partners as we conduct events or exercises.

Access and Functional Needs

Hagerty reviews plans, conducts gap analysis, updates plans and conducts training and exercises. We make sure laws, policies, and best practices are integrated throughout every stage.

Who is Hagerty? Hagerty Consulting is an emergency management consulting firm that helps clients prepare for and recover from disasters. Established in 2001, Hagerty’s offices are in Evanston, Illinois (corporate headquarters), Austin, Texas, and Washington, D.C. Hagerty professionals live in all 10 FEMA regions and provide a rich breadth of emergency management experience to client assignments.

How Hagerty Can Help Your Jurisdiction Hagerty works with clients to evaluate, develop, and enhance comprehensive emergency plans.

Our finished product provides a road map for jurisdictions, schools, and private industries so they

are better able to anticipate, respond to, and bounce back from any disaster.

Our experienced and professional staff will assist you with implementing best practice prevention,

preparedness, protection, mitigation, and response strategies, as well as help you navigate complex

disaster recovery processes to help you apply for federal resources.

Initial Considerations for Emergency Managers Hagerty has worked with clients to develop, update, and test plans, policies and procedures in

each phase of Emergency Management:

ü Establish a baseline Threat and Hazard Identification Risk Assessment (THIRA) to help you identify vulnerable areas in your jurisdiction and then plan for them.

ü Develop an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) that details how your agency will operate on a normal basis as well as during an event.

ü Map out realistic plans for different scenarios (ex: EOP, mass care, active threat, business continuity, recovery, cyber security) based on the unique specifications of your agency, jurisdictional capacity, and geographic location.

ü Collaborate with other departments and local elected officials to gain feedback on plans and to develop buy in from those entities. Brainstorm opportunities to sign Mutual Aid Agreements (MAA) and Memoranda of Understanding (MOU).

ü Craft an exercise plan that identifies areas in your agency and various plans that need to be practiced. Test agency functions and identify gaps and areas for improvement.

ü Implement a Crisis Communications Plan that guides how you will connect with internal staff and how you will communicate with exterior stakeholders and the public.

ü Join forces with local stakeholders to develop a Business Continuity Plan. ü Implement mitigation techniques in your jurisdiction and develop a Long-Term Recovery Plan. ü Verify your submission meets local, state and federal grant requirements and is (FEMA, DHS,

ADA, CPG 101) compliant.

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