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As an EPL partner organisation, Market Economics Ltd (MEL) specialises in market and economic analysis and environmental and ecological research.

Together EPL and MEL offer client organisations the opportunity to assess the economic impacts associated with their most likely natural or man-made hazard / emergency or disaster event (ORCA-E).

ORCA and ORCA-E... unique on-line Emergency Capability , Capacity and Economic Impact Analysis assessment tools to audit / assess resilience, readiness, reduction, response, recovery and economic impacts

Many organisations struggle with emergency management issues and approaches. Often they lack the ability to pro-actively assess their capacities, capabilities and potential economic impacts of natural and man-made disasters.

Emergency Planning Limited (EPL) has developed the ORCA to engage organisations’ thinking about their capacity and capability to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters.

In addition, the ORCA-E has been designed in association with Market Economics Limited (MEL) - view website - to specifically engage organisations’ thinking about their quantification of economic impacts. This innovative, on-line tool is able to assist organisations to engage in a process of discovery and enhancing their emergency management processes, practices and culture.

Through our network of Consultants, the ORCA and ORCA-E are now available for use along with our other EPL consultancy services.

How does use of the ORCA and ORCA-E benefit Client organisations?

Client organisations have access to an end-to-end process that includes access to easy-to-use visual profiles (a ‘dashboard’) of emergency management processes, practices and their potential economic impacts; this is supported by facilitated discussion of improvement areas and opportunities.

Together with an understanding of their capacity, capability and a quantification of economic impacts, these profiles assist organisations in their approach to increasing emergency management awareness and implementing emergency management programmes aligned to best practice Emergency Management.

Emergency Management best practice

One of the best features of the ORCA and ORCA-E tools is the comprehensive reporting capability. The tool provides scores and visual profiles, not only in terms of the 4Rs (Readiness, Reduction, Response and Recovery), but also in terms of economic impacts.

This capability, together with experience in assessing impacts of large natural disasters (e.g. events such as those simulated in Exercise Ruaumoko in March 2008), makes this tool unique and offers a best practice benchmark for organisations that play a key role in planning for, responding to and recovering from emergencies.

Process Map for Administration and Debriefing of the ORCA and ORCA-E tools

EPL and MEL will facilitate a process as shown below to ensure that client organisations receive value-for-money emergency planning outcomes:

What does this mean for EPL-MEL Clients?

Our Client organisations have the opportunity to choose from a number of options to access an on-line assessment of the following:

Reduction
Readiness
Response
Recovery
The 4Rs (i.e. all of the above)
A high-level Economic Impact Assessment (EIA) only
The 4Rs and a high-level EIA (i.e. all of the above)
Any combination of the above

Results and profiles are reported and debriefed in a format / manner that suits the client organisation. The on-line tool assists the understanding of 4Rs capability and capacity and economic impacts.

Start your organisation’s conversations about emergency capability and capacity and potential economic impacts today! Then problem-solve to address the priorities identified in the profiled results.

The ORCA and ORCA-E tools offer the opportunity to start an organisation emergency management improvement programme that engages the organisation’s thinking about its capability, capacity and potential economic impacts. It offers a range of benefits for territorial local authorities, utilities and other organisations that wish to pro-actively engage in emergency planning and management processes.

CLICK HERE to contact EPL for more information about the ORCA and ORCA-E tools.

Capacity and Capability Analysis: example of a ‘dashboard’