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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Widely used by public, not-for-profit, nongovernmental, and private entities on a local, regional, national, and global basis, NFPA 1600®, Standard on Continuity Emergency, and Crisis Management®, offers key information for entities who want to conduct a risk assessment, business impact analysis, capabilities and needs assessments, and develop emergency and recovery plans. 

In fact, the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9/11 Commission) recognized NFPA 1600 as our National Preparedness Standard®. NFPA 1600 is also available in Spanish.

NFPA 3000, Standard for an Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response (ASHER) Program, provides specific and tailored information about ASHER incident preparedness, response, and recovery – but the best practices within that first-of- its-kind standard can be applied broadly for an all-hazards protocol and easier recovery.

Read more from Emergency Services Specialist John Montes on NFPA's blog. You can also read this blog post in Spanish.

Free resource

Emergency preparedness checklist

This checklist is intended to highlight and simplify key aspects of NFPA 1600, Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity/Continuity of Operations Programs, and help organizations identify where they might want to focus their emergency preparedness efforts.

Download the checklist.

Lista de Verificación de Preparación Para La Emegencia

This is the emergency preparedness checklist in Spanish.

Download the checklist.

Resources in other languages

• Portuguese - Emergency preparedness checklist (PDF)
• Arabic - Emergency preparedness checklist (PDF)
• Arabic - Additional resources for civil defense, first responders and patients - Produced by Saudi Patient Safety Center and NFPA (PDF)