Hazards & Vulnerability Analysis & Loss Estimates
ROA teams will determine exposure to natural, technological, and human-induced hazards; evaluate causes and impacts of actual and potential emergencies and disasters; assess local, regional, and national vulnerabilities; and prepare damage scenarios and loss estimates. For sample projects click here.
 
Hazard Mitigation & Loss Prevention
We can develop strategies and plans to minimize losses and impacts on structures, facilities, equipment, organizations, and communities; facilitate planning processes; define priorities, determine benefits and costs and economic feasibility; identify funding strategies; and prepare engineering designs. For sample projects click here.
 
Emergency Operations & Recovery Planning
Our teams analyze threats; prepare contingency plans and operating procedures; develop staff capabilities; prepare plans for managing recovery and reconstruction; identify opportunities for change presented by crisis events; organize, conduct, and evaluate training, tests, and exercises. For sample projects click here.
 
Fire Protection and Law Enforcement Management
and Operations Analysis
We can establish policies and standards; plan protection for new developments; analyze existing operations and costs; assess threats and define alternatives; perform reorganization and consolidation studies; identify community safety needs; address station location, water system, apparatus, staffing, dispatching and communications, training, and emergency medical and hazardous materials issues. For sample projects click here.

Policy, Program & Organizational Development
We facilitate decision-making; clarify goals and objectives; assess and design strategic planning processes; analyze current approaches and develop alternatives; recommend and advocate legislation, policies, and programs; support implementation actions; and help build constituencies. For sample projects click here.
 
Independent Review  & Program Evaluation
ROA provides independent third-party reviews; forms expert advisory panels to support decision-making; develops review methods and procedures; evaluates projects and programs; and recommends changes and support their implementation. For sample projects click here.
 
Research
Define needs and project scopes; design and test methods; perform problem-focused or knowledge-advancing basic and applied research; and publish, disseminate, and present results. For sample projects click here.