Awards and Credentials

Prepared Response, Inc. is proud to have received the following awards and credentials for our Rapid Responder solution and related emergency preparedness professional services.

Credentials

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

The only crisis management system Certified as “Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology” (QATT)

US DHS SAFETY Act certified
Listed as US DHS “Approved Product for Homeland Security”
Approved for DHS “Standardized Equipment List” (SEL)
Approved for DHS “Authorized Equipment List” (AEL) for specific DHS grants
Listed on national “Responder Knowledge Base” (RKB)
National Incident Management System (NIMS) certified staff
Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) trained staff

State and Local Credentials and National Awards

Selected for (and now deployed) the nation’s only statewide enterprise crisis management system.

Deployed in over eleven states to protect all types of critical infrastructure
Deployed in more than 2,700 school campuses across the country more than any other crisis management system
Deployed in over 13,600 facilities across the country
Used to effectively mitigate an “active shooter” situation at a school campus, as well as other emergency situations
Awarded the National Homeland Defense Foundation’s Innovation Award in 2006
Prepared Response customer selected for the 2007 Harvard Noblis Innovations Award in Homeland Security (based on Prepared Response program)

Technology Attributes

Prepared Response’s technology is built specifically, from the ground up for first responders. It is not repurposed technology modified to attempt to address the rigorous and robust needs of first responders.
Prepared Response’s Rapid Responder solution works both with and without Internet/data connection. This is crucial since most responders do not have reliable access to the Internet out in the field. Also, during emergencies many wireless systems may also become overloaded and unusable due to extraordinary data traffic and cell phone usage.
Prepared Response’s technology is designed and built by Prepared Response, Inc. We do not rely on outside third party software providers. Many third party solution providers will not warrantee their programs for use for emergency responders or during emergency situations.
Prepared Response’s technology platform is scalable, reliable and extensible. Our Rapid Responder system is designed for capturing and distributing very large of amounts of sites and data securely. It is not a “one off” solution. It is designed to allow responders, facility managers and emergency managers to access consistent and standardized content from thousand of sites either across town or across the country.
Prepared Response’s Rapid Responder technology has been proven in battle and deployed to over 450 public safety first responder agencies for the local, state and federal implementations
Prepared Response’s system is very easy to use for responders and easy to self administer. Prepared Response’s simple and intuitive interfaces are designed to allow for very easy field navigation and simple updating for credentialed administrators.

Professional Service Staff Qualifications

Prepared Response professional service staff has tens of thousands of hours of field experience conducting on site surveys on over 8,000 individual facilities across the country
Our staff has conducted emergency preplanning sessions for over 2,000 venues making our team one of the most experienced in the field.
Our professional services staff has worked directly with more school campuses to deploy emergency preparedness services than any other provider in the business.
Prepared Response’s professional services staff has required certification for their disciplines including
- National Incident Management System (NIMS),
- Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII),
- Department of Homeland Security Buffer Zone Protection Planning and others.
Prepared Response employs staff and advisors from many different disciplines to support customer specific needs including state, local and federal law enforcement, fire service, military, EMS and emergency management professionals.
Prepared Response data services staff has processed and conditioned data elements for responders including over 280,000 individual images, floor plans, emergency plans and related data pieces (content).
Prepared Response has facilitated the following for Critical Infrastructure in Washington State:
- BZPP
- Carver Scoring (Target Analysis Tool)
- Vulnerability Reduction Purchase Planning
- NEPA Assessment (Environmental Impact of Vulnerability Reduction Purchase)
Prepared Response staff has been deployed to conduct site surveys to conduct threat and emergency preparedness surveys and emergency preparedness recommendations for key critical infrastructure
Prepared Response staff has successfully and quickly deployed crisis management services related to actual (and real time) terrorist threats