EAP Development
Your emergency plan should work on a bad Tuesday morning.
Not just pass an inspection.
We build facility-specific emergency action plans grounded in the standards your organization is actually required to meet.
Most emergency plans don't fail because they're wrong.
They fail because they were never built for the people who have to use them.
A generic emergency action plan checks a compliance box. It lists the right categories, references the right standards, and sits in a binder on a shelf until something goes wrong — or until a surveyor asks for it.
What it doesn’t do is account for your facility layout, your staff structure, your patient population, or the specific scenarios your organization is actually likely to face. When something happens, your people open that binder and find a document that was never really written for them.
That’s the gap. That’s what this engagement closes.
You're required to have this.
Most organizations don't have one that holds up.
OSHA 1910.38 requires a written emergency action plan for every employer with ten or more employees. For healthcare-adjacent organizations, the requirements go further — CMS mandates documented emergency plans and drills for certified facilities, and the Joint Commission requires emergency management plans, exercises, and staff training for accredited organizations.
The average OSHA fine for a deficient or missing emergency action plan in a healthcare setting is $4,900 per citation. That’s the floor, not the ceiling.
I’m not in the business of scare tactics. But if you’re going to have a plan — and you’re required to — it should actually work.
How it works.
01
Facility Assessment
Every engagement starts with a structured walkthrough of your facility and a review of your current emergency documentation, if any exists. I’m looking at your physical layout, your staff roles, your patient population, and your regulatory environment. Two to three on-site visits, depending on facility size and complexity.
02
Plan Development
Using the assessment as the foundation, I build your Emergency Action Plan from the ground up — facility-specific, position-specific, and cross-referenced against OSHA 1910.38, CMS, and Joint Commission requirements as applicable. Every section is written in plain language your staff can actually read and act on.
03
Review and Delivery
You review the draft. We work through any revisions. You receive the final document in a format your team can maintain and update going forward. I walk you through the plan so it doesn’t end up on a shelf.
What's included
- A completed, facility-specific Emergency Action Plan
- Coverage of all six OSHA 1910.38 required elements
- Cross-reference against CMS and Joint Commission standards where applicable
- Emergency contact and notification chain built for your organization
- Evacuation procedures and routes specific to your facility layout
- Shelter-in-place, medical emergency, fire, active threat, utility failure, and severe weather procedures
- Staff roles and responsibilities by position — not generic job titles
- A regulatory compliance checklist showing exactly which requirements the plan satisfies
- The plan delivered in an editable format you own and control
$4,500
Typical investment for a single-location healthcare organization
Larger facilities and more complex regulatory environments fall in the $3,500–$6,000 range. A single conversation is the fastest way to get an accurate number for your specific situation — no obligation, no pitch.
A plan is the foundation. Testing it is what makes it real.
Most organizations that complete an Emergency Action Plan engagement move into a tabletop exercise within six to twelve months. The plan establishes what your people are supposed to do. The exercise finds out whether they can actually do it — before something forces the question.