Site Survey and Data Management

Our Rapid Responder software and Professional Services team allow us to collect critical data and develop all-hazard emergency response plans. Rapid Responder assists facility stakeholders and emergency response personnel to act quickly, decisively and safely during a facility-related emergency incident. Rapid Responder is already deployed in more than 300 school districts, and dozens of facilities, protecting more than 300,000 students, teachers, and responders.

We employ a specialized approach to the data collection process that results in a very high level of efficiency in processing site data. Personnel involved with data collection are functionally separated into three teams: field site survey specialists, data entry specialists, and internal quality assurance staff. Prepared Response, Inc. also employs project managers, schedulers, and content management personnel to support the data collection process.

The first step in gathering information involves data collection and the “digital mapping” of a facility. A PRI Professional Services team visits the venue, meets with the staff, and collects existing evacuation plans, police and fire tactical plans, facility floor plans, mechanical schematics, etc. These are later scanned and entered into the Rapid Responder system. In addition, a PRI photographer takes more than 200 digital photographs of the exterior and interiors of the building. These are not “pretty pictures,” but operational photos that will aid SWAT teams and others dealing with tactical situations that may occur during an emergency. PRI’s highly experienced photographers know what’s important to first responders, such as door swings, hidden exits, evacuation paths, roof details, and specifically photograph various shots of those areas.