The Resource Management Planning Tool v1.0 was developed by the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG)
Foundation and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). The goal of this tool is to integrate a strong risk analysis based resource planning and
allocation suite of tools or capability within existing mutual aid and crisis
management systems to:Enable risk information to be rapidly
integrated into existing crisis management and mutual aid systemsIncrease the accessibility and
usage of risk and resource information within existing systems to improve
decision making prior to and during an eventEnable operators and decision makers
to make better resource management decisions during the preparedness phase
through readiness and in response in an event requiring mutual aidStakeholders identified a 6-step process for successful resource and mutual aid planning. This tool helps to address steps 1 - 3.