Emergency Preparedness Maturity Check

Eight elements · about four minutes · no email needed to see your score

Score against a busy week, not a good one. The question is not whether your organization could do these things if it prepared. It is what would happen if an emergency started during a shutdown weekend, on the night shift, with the people who are actually rostered.

Answer honestly and the result is useful. Answer aspirationally and you have measured your intentions.

First, which applies to you

Which management system are you scoring?

ISO 14001Environmental only — we hold or are pursuing ISO 14001, not ISO 45001.
ISO 45001Safety only — we hold or are pursuing ISO 45001, not ISO 14001.
BothAn integrated environmental and safety system, or working toward one.
ISO 7101Healthcare — we are a hospital, clinic or care provider.
Not sure yetWe are early, or the scope has not been settled.

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Questions about this check

Is a low score a compliance problem?

Not necessarily. This measures maturity, not conformity. An organization can conform to Clause 8.2 while sitting at Level 2 on most elements. What a low score tells you is where the distance is widest between what your procedure says and what would happen on the day.

Do I need to give an email to see my score?

No. Your score, your band, and the differentiator finding appear immediately. Email unlocks the element-by-element breakdown and the framework document.

We are a healthcare organization. Which do we choose?

Choose ISO 7101. The healthcare path scores a different set of eight elements, because Clause 8.2.2 covers continuity of clinical services — utilities, medical gases, nutrition and water, and evacuation of people who cannot leave unaided. Those obligations have no equivalent in the environmental or safety standards.

Which standard should I choose if we hold both?

Choose Both. The two standards set different obligations at Clause 8.2 — six against seven — and scoring against only one will miss the elements the other requires.

What if we are not certified to anything yet?

Choose Not sure yet. The elements are the same; the guidance you receive will not assume a certificate or a transition deadline.

How is the score calculated?

Each answer scores zero to three against observable behavior rather than frequency. Your percentage is your total against the maximum. The bands are calibrated so that answering at Level 2 throughout lands you in the third band, which is a legitimate place to be.

© 2026 Management Systems International, LLC · This check is a self-assessment tool and is not an audit, a certification activity, or legal advice.

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