Witt Associates partners with state and local governments to ensure they are fully prepared to meet the challenges of crises and disasters of any kind.  Our team takes an "all-hazards" approach to prepare for a single event or threat with a customized program to ensure an adequate state of readiness. 

In today's shrinking budgets and expanding federal requirements, our team has the experience and knowledge to provide expert support and asistance to emergency management programs. Comprehensive Emergency Management Planning, Continuity of Operations and Continuity of Government, Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources, Mitigation Planning, Debris Removal Planning, Pandemic Preparedness Planning, EMAP Accreditation and Logistics Planning are some areas of expertise we have provided to clients in local and state government in preparing and responding to disasters and catastrophes.

Response Services

Witt Associates provides its clients with a full suite of services to help make their response to disaster events more efficient and effective.  Our team of disaster experts can provide staff to augment existing organizations, or provide turn-key response capability, depending on individual or event circumstances or needs.  We bring personnel who have extensive experience in disaster response nationwide, allowing us to provide not only services, but also quality strategic advice and analysis to improve decision-making in real-time.  Witt Associates' trained and experienced personnel can be rapidly mobilized, and arrive on-site fully trained and compliant with the Incident Command System (ICS), allowing them to integrate seamlessly into your existing organization and get to work immediately.  Our staff can also leverage their extensive knowledge of FEMA, other federal agency, and state disaster programs to ensure that your response operations are properly documented to ensure accountability and to maximize your ability to obtain reimbursement for potentially eligible costs, where appropriate, and to facilitate transition from response operations to recovery implementation.

Recovery Services

Recovery is highly complex, often taking months or years to implement, and straining existing staffing and resources.  Witt Associates can help you and your stakeholders organize and plan for recovery, as well as understand what can be expected from and leverage resources from government sources (Federal, state, local), non-governmental organizations, and the private sector to achieve results and maximize opportunities.  The Witt Associates team brings personnel with extensive experience managing recovery programs and efforts both nationally and internationally, providing your organization with the knowledge and experience necessary to resolve problems and disputes, and manage recovery in an efficient, effective and timely manner.  With our assistance, you will be better able to oversee work effort and documentation to maximize reimbursements, support project claims processing, facilitate project reporting, and effectively support appeals and audits.

GAP Analysis

Witt Associates provides staff experienced in state, local and federal emergency management to assess client emergency plans and procedures and preparedness documents against federally mandated requirements and nationally accepted best practices.  This service allows clietns to focus efforts on areas of weakness, and we provide guidance and steps necessary to meet the identified requirements.

Emergency Operations Planning / Comprehensive Emergency Management Planning

Witt Associates has extensive experience in assisting clients in the developmetn and updating of they emergency plans.  Our team has decades of experience in state and local emergency management and are initimately familiar with all phases of emergency management.  We provide clients with the knowledge and support they need to develop and refine plans and procedures that are compliant with the National Response Framework and National Incident Management System.

Continuity of Operations and Continuity of Government (COOP/COG)

It is the responsibility of state and local governments to ensure continuation or timely resumption of services vital to the health, safety and welfare of their constituents.   COOP/COG planning is a process vital to ensuring that essential functions and services are continued with minimal or no disruption and that government is maintained throughout any type of disaster.  Witt Associates has been on the ground with state and local governments during and after disasters and has comprehensive knowledge of the challenges that governments will face.  Witt Associates will assist clients with identification of essential functions and services, critical staff and resources, and vital records and database requirements, and will assist in planning for resumption of critical functions on site or at alternate facilities.

Debris Management Planning

Debris operations can be the single most costly task associatd with a disaster.  Developing a Debris Management Plan is a vital step for state and local governments to ensure the efficient implementation of debris operations and maximizing of reimbursement for a federally declared disaster.  Services include debris management site identification, layout and management, organizational structure and operational plan development, estimation of debris quantities and types, and facilities coordination with key state and federal agencies to ensure plan compliancy and coordination.  Our team can also review contract language and assist in developing language for pre-event debris contracts that meet federal contracting requirements and protects the interests of our client.