Establish your planning priorities and understand your risks.

 → Complete a Camp Readiness Self-Assessment

 → Conduct a Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment (HIRA) to reveal vulnerabilities.

 → Develop or update your Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) or Operations Plan (EOP).

Turn intent into action by defining who does what and ensuring they’re equipped to do it.

 → Assign clear roles and responsibilities and designate a preparedness champion.

 → Gather essential tools, resources, and communication systems.

Preparedness grows through repetition and shared learning.

→ Lead staff orientation and leadership sessions.

→ Integrate decision-making and scenario training into normal programming.

→ Normalize readiness as part of everyday camp life.

Test your team’s readiness through realistic drills and exercises.

→ Start with a tabletop exercise.

→ Advance to functional drills or full-scale exercises as confidence builds.

Growth happens when reflection meets action.

→ Develop an Improvement Plan and a timeline for completion.

→ Update EAP/EOP, policies and training cycles.

→ Share success stories and celebrate milestones.

Preparedness becomes culture when resilience is built into every program.

→ Maintain an annual training and exercise schedule.

→ Embed preparedness in onboarding and leadership development.

→ Share success stories with families, boards, and accrediting bodies.