TISP Regional Disaster Resilience Survey

The Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP) is in the process of updating its Regional Disaster Resilience Guide (RDRG) and writing a Critical Infrastructure Resilience Guide (CIRG). The RDRG was published in 2006, and several hundred copies have been dispersed. TISP is surveying the users of the RDRG to learn how to better support users.

 

 The information gathered in this survey is confidential and will only be used to validate developing resources supporting RDRG and CIRG program initiatives. TISP intends to aggregate survey responses and share the results with members of the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Committee (CIRC). 

The RDRG is a flexible, dynamic, strategic-level framework for use by all levels of government, service providers and other organizations for creating action plans that are focused on developing or improving comprehensive regional preparedness.

If you are familiar with the RDRG, please answer all questions 1-19 below and click "submit" at the bottom of the page when you are done.

If you are not familiar with the RDRG, please answer questions 1-5 only and click "submit" at the bottom of the page.
1

Please provide your contact information:

First Name:
Last Name:
Suffix:
Title:
Affiliation:
Address:
Phone Number:
E-mail Address:
Website:
2

May we contact you to discuss your survey answers?
3

What is your primary responsibility within regional disaster resilience planning?

Owner of infrastructure
Operator of infrastructure
Contractor
Security Consultant
Partner to a Regional Council (i.e. ChicagoFIRST, PNWER, AHC)
Emergency Manager
Public Sector Homeland Security Advisor/Liaison
Volunteer Responder
Law Enforcement or Public Safety Officer (Police, Fire, EMS, etc.)
Health Care / Public Health Official
Risk Assessor
Risk Manager
Recovery Coordinator
Other, please specify
4

Are you interested in joining the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Committee?

Yes
No
Need more information
5

Are you interested in learning more about the RDRG?

I have a high interest, please send me additional information and contact me.
I have some interest, please send me more information.
I have no interest (please provide a brief explanation as to why)
6

Please describe your experience in using the RDRG:

The guide is useful and provides the assistance necessary to develop multihazard action plans.
The guide provides good information, but more information and terminology is needed.
The guide does not provide adequate practical examples and training materials.
The guide provides too much detail and currently has limited value.
7

Is the guide well written?

Yes, it is well written.
It is confusing, but our team was able to muddle through it
It is written for an expert, and I could not understand it.
8

Does your organization use an action planning team for regional disaster resilience?

Yes
No
Does not apply
9

Has your organization applied the Regional Disaster Resilience Guide in its work?

All of it
Majority of it
Some of it
None of it
10

Did your organization test your action plan during a regional exercise?

Yes, it performed well and we did not make revisions to the plan.
Yes, we learned weak points in our plan and revised it.
Yes, but the action plan did not perform well against our exercise.
No, we did not include an exercise as part of our planning process.
Does not apply
11

On page 3 of the RDRG, there is a list of assumptions underlying an action plan. What are your thoughts about these assumptions?

All of the assumptions are accurate and relevant to your organization activities.
Most of the assumptions are accurate and relevant to your organization activities.
Some of the assumptions are accurate and relevant to your organization activities.
Most of the assumptions are no longer accurate and relevant to your organization activities.
Which assumptions should be deleted or added to this list?
12

The RDRG provides guidance as to how to incorporate communities and owners/operators of critical infrastructure resilience in the planning and exercise process. Has your organization applied this guidance?

Yes, and they are included in mutual assistance agreement.
Yes, and they participate in the exercises and offer resources for preparedness, response and/or recovery.
No, our organization wishes to include them but does not know who they are.
No, it has not crossed our minds to include them.
13

When working within a public-private partnership to address regional disaster resilience, did the parties sign a mutual assistance agreement, user agreement, contract, or memorandum of understanding or agreement before drafting the action plan?

Yes, we have a memorandum of understanding.
Yes, we have mutual assistance agreement or contract.
No, our region works through an unwritten understanding.
No, our mutual agreement is the action plan.
14

On page 5, does the RDRG provide sufficient support as to how best to prioritize stakeholder-validated, regional preparedness needs to align with your region’s requirements?

Yes, the short-term and long-term activities are helpful.
Yes, but it would be nice to have tool which can model our emergency management strategies.
Yes, the example were useful for us to prioritize.
No, because the guide does not identify sources of resources to achieve the activities within a short or long-term period.
No, our organization has a different set of needs than those listed.
15

On page 23 the RDRG offers seven-steps in the action plan process. Did your organization use the steps?

Yes, we used all seven
Yes, but we added a step
Yes, but we skipped a step
No, we developed our own process (Please provide more information regarding the process you used. How did it differ from the seven-step action plan process?)
16
Please describe challenges, if any, that your organization had with the seven-step action process?
17

Appendix A of the RDRG lists short-term and long-term recommendations. Are these useful?

Yes, and they are easy to use.
Yes, but they are difficult to follow.
No, but we were able to work through all of the information presented.
No, they were not useful.
18

Would a workshop or training program regarding Regional Disaster Resilience assist in your organization’s ability to develop an action plan?

Yes, and I would attend a face to face session.
Yes, but I prefer a webinar session.
No, it is not necessary.
I do not know.
19

Should a list of resources, such as funding mechanisms, training programs, and analysis/modeling tools, be included in the guide?
20

Would peer or mentor support be useful during the pre-development period?
21

Please advise us as to how the RDRG can be improved. (For example: recommend a set of terms that would make it easy to understand, offer a suggestion to clarify a confusing passage, request examples of certain concepts mentioned in the guide, etc.)
22
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