Pre-Assessment Evaluation

The Pre-Assessment Deployment Program provides emergency management programs with an initial evaluation of their jurisdiction's preparedness and response capabilities.  It will be based upon the program's completed self-assessment using EMAP, concentrating on those corrective actions needed for a jurisdiction to work through prior to undergoing an actual full EMAP On-site Assessment.

The Pre-Assessment Program is designed as a means for a jurisdiction to have an additional layer of evaluation and review that will provide a more focused observation of the program's primary functions and capabilities.  The  program will be based on the Emergency Management Standard by EMAP . 

Programs will need to subscribe to EMAP ($450) and complete a self-assessment of those standard chapters they would like a pre-assessment completed.  Once the program has completed the standards, the program will submit a pre-assessment form with possible dates for the pre-assessment on-site review.   EMAP will invoice the program for three (3) assessors to travel to the location for a three (3) day pre-assessment.   EMAP prepares an invoice for the total and sends it to the candidate program for payment prior to the pre-assessment on-site.  The candidate program must remit payment for the pre-assessment on-site cost as soon as possible and in no case later the twenty-one (21) days before the scheduled date of the pre-assessment on-site.  Failure to pay pre-assessment on-site cost within the time frame will halt the pre-assessment process. If the paid estimate exceeds the actual cost of the on-site, EMAP will refund the balance to the candidate program at the conclusion of the pre-assessment. If the costs are higher than the estimate, the certification candidate will be invoiced for the additional cost.  Once a program has completed a pre-assessment, they have nine (9) months to undergo an on-site assessment for accreditation.

*These standard chapters will require an additional assessor for the pre-assessment.  If a program chooses to have four (4) standard chapters reviewed, then EMAP will invoice for four (4) assessors for three (3) days resulting in an administrative fee of $1,500.  The Administrative fee for three (3) standards will be $1000.  No more than four (4) standard chapters may be reviewed during a pre-assessment.  Administrative fee covers photocopying, postage and telephone costs for the on-site assessment. 

To learn more about the program, please contact EMAP at (859) 244-8222 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it