Proposal for a self-assessment tool to contribute to the improvement of the emergency response process

Abstract

This article describes a new proposal for a SelfAssessment Tool to contribute to the Improvement of the Emergency Response Process, based on the concepts and structure of the ICS/SCO. The proposal establishes a consistent, flexible, and standardized self-assessment. It aims to contribute to identifying strengths and improving the initial response stages, the action plan, and the demobilization of the response process. The tool allows generating results that facilitate the immediate identification of strengths and improvements, helping to prepare action plans already aligned with the basic structure, functions, and stages of the SCO, according to the graphs presented, as the checklist scores. The proposal encourages a decrease in subjectivity in evaluators' perception and an increase in the number of indications for improvement arising from the evaluation, providing significant gains for quality in the emergency response process