Assessments
The Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response (YNH-CEPDR) conducts mission-critical assessments to assist organizations with identifying concrete strategies for improving their response and recovery capability, ensuring interoperability with regional response and recovery partners and sustaining their critical roles in the community they serve.
YNH-CEPDR has experience in developing and delivering the following assessments:
Gap Analysis
- Implementation of a standardized gap analysis tool either as a self-help resource or part of an on-site consultation
- Linking identified gaps to best practice solutions
- Assisting organizations with the implementation of best practices and solutions
Standardized Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
- Implementation of a hazard vulnerability analysis (HVA) tool
- Training toward a consistent approach and terminology for using the standardized tool or others
Business Impact Analysis
- Implementation of a business impact analysis survey as a precursor to business continuity management, including continuity of operations, to identify critical services and functions of an organization and its ability to recover from an incident.
- Development of business continuity plans
- Assisting with identification and prioritization of mitigation strategies
