Area Contingency Planning Survey

Area Contingency Planning Survey (Draft_21FEB17)
Category

Sequence
Group

Group
Order

Question

Input Type / Metric

Notes

1

Organization Identification

1000

1

What is the name of your organization you are representing?

Text input (text limited)

2

Organization Identification

1000

2

What is your organization type?

Drop Down menu select

Drop down: local, state, federal, non-profit, tribal, consultant/contractor,
industry

3

Position Identification

2000

1

What best describes your position? Select your primary function.

Drop Down menu select

Drop down: responder, planner, managerial, outreach/coordination, other.

4

Position Identification

2000

2

Select your secondary function.

Drop Down menu select

5

Position Identification

2000

3

Select your tertiary function.

Drop Down menu select

6

Geographic span of activity

3000

1

Select the region/RRT that you PREDOMINANTLY work in? (May
select more than one if appropriate)

Select all that apply list

List of 13 RRT Regions.

7

Geographic span of activity

3000

2

Select OTHER Regions that you have worked in?

Select all that apply list

List of 13 RRT Regions.

8

Geographic span of activity

3000

3

Select the State that you PREDOMINANTLY work in? (May select
more than one if appropriate)

Select all that apply list

List of states.

9

Geographic span of activity

3000

4

Select OTHER states that you have worked in? (May select more
than one if appropriate)

Select all that apply list

List of states.

10 Geographic span of activity

3000

5

With respect to ACP functions only, what percentage of your
experience is in the Coastal Zone (USCG managed areas)?

Drop Down menu select

Drop down: 0%; 1-25%; 26-50%; 51-75%; 76-99%; 100%

11 Geographic span of activity

3000

6

With respect to ACP functions only, what percentage your
experience is in the Inland Zone (EPA managed areas)?

Drop Down menu select

Drop down: 0%; 1-25%; 26-50%; 51-75%; 76-99%; 100%

12 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

1

For any exercises you have participated in, to what degree have they
tested contents of ACPs? (understanding that not all components of
an ACP are tested in every exercise)

1-10 scale (radio button)

1=Don't test ACP at all; 10 = exercises truly test ACP content.

13 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

2

How many ACPs have you worked with (this includes subordinate
components such as a GRP/GRS or sub-area plans?

Number input

14 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

3

How many responses have you been involved with that utilized an
ACP or subordinate components such as a GRP/GRS or sub-area
plans?

Number input

15 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

4

How much of your experience with your ACPs is within the context
of actual incident response (versus exercises)?

Drop Down menu select

Drop down: 0%; 1-25%; 26-50%; 51-75%; 76-99%; 100%

16 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

5

How would you score your overall familiarity with the Area
Contingency Planning process?

Drop Down menu select

Drop down: none, minimal, moderate, better than most, extensive. If response is
"none" - add in skip logic to ensure they don't have to answer other relevant
questions.

17 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

6

Are you a member/participant of an Area Committee?

Drop Down menu select

Yes or no answer; add in skip logic for next three questions

18 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

7

On average, how many Area Committee meetings do you participate
in a year?

19 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

7

On an annual basis, what percentage of area committee meetings
are you ABLE to attend?

Drop Down menu select

20 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

8

Overall, how would you rate OPPORTUNITES to participate in Area
Committee meetings?

1-10 scale (radio button)

21 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

9

Overall, how would you rate your ABILTY to participate in Area
Committee meetings?

1-10 scale (radio button)

22 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

10

Overall, with respect to actual incidents, how much did you
personally consult an ACP for direction?

1-10 scale (radio button)

1 of 3

Number input

Drop down: 0%; 1-25%; 26-50%; 51-75%; 76-99%; 100%

1= none; 10 = extensively

Area Contingency Planning Survey (Draft_21FEB17)
Sequence
Group

Group
Order

23 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

11

Do you/have you participated in area exercises?

Drop Down menu select

Y/N

24 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

12

Overall, with respect to exercises, how much did you personally
consult an ACP for direction?

1-10 scale (radio button)

1= none; 10 = extensively

25 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

13

To what degree do the ACPs you have worked with address current
risks?

1-10 scale (radio button)

26 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

14

Which section of ACPs have you used?

27 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

15

Considering your previously identified PRIMARY function, how many
years experience do you have relative to it.

Number input

28 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

16

Considering your previously identified SECONDARY function, how
many years experience do you have relative to it.

Number input

29 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

17

What percentage of your area contingency planning experience
been overseen by the USCG?

Number input

30 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

18

When federal oversight has been involved, what percentage of your
response experience been overseen by the USCG?

Number input

31 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

19

What percentage of your area contingency planning experience
been overseen by the EPA?

Number input

32 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

20

When federal oversight has been involved, what percentage of your
response experience been overseen by the EPA?

Number input

33 Experience / familiarity with ACPs

4000

21

Considering your previously identified TERTIARY function, how many
years experience do you have relative to it.

Number input

34 ACP Usability/practicality

5000

1

On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the overall
usability/practicality of ACPs you have worked with (10 = maximum
usability)? If highly variable, explain.

1-10 scale (radio button)

35 ACP Usability/practicality

5000

2

Overall, rate the overall effectiveness of ACPs in guiding an actual
incident?

1-10 scale (radio button)

1= Not effective; 10= Extremely effective

36 ACP Usability/practicality

5000

3

Overall, rate the overall effectiveness of ACPs in guiding an exercise?

1-10 scale (radio button)

1= Not effective; 10= Extremely effective

37 ACP Usability/practicality

5000

4

Of the following items, select the items that you think need the
most improvement for purposes of making ACPs more useable.

38 ACP consistency

6000

1

If you have worked with 3 or more ACPs, how would you rate their
consistency with respect to FORMAT/ARCHITECTURE on a scale of 110 (10=maximum consistency)?

1-10 scale (radio button)

39 ACP consistency

6000

2

If you have worked with 3 or more ACPs, how would you rate their
consistency with respect to POLICY on a scale of 1-10 (10=maximum
consistency)?

1-10 scale (radio button)

40 Negatives / Deltas

7000

1

Describe your number one "negative" experiences/observations you
have had with respect to ACPs.

Text input (text limited)

41 Negatives / Deltas

7000

2

Describe your number two "negative" experiences/observations you
have had with respect to ACPs.

Text input (text limited)

42 Negatives / Deltas

7000

3

Describe your number three "negative" experiences/observations
you have had with respect to ACPs.

Text input (text limited)

43 Positives

8000

1

Describe your number one (of three) positive
experiences/observation you have had with respect to ACPs.

Text input (text limited)

44 Positives

8000

2

Describe your number two (of three) positive
experiences/observation you have had with respect to ACPs.

Text input (text limited)

45 Positives

8000

3

Describe your number three (of three) positive
experiences/observation you have had with respect to ACPs.

Text input (text limited)

46 ACP improvements

9000

1

Describe your number one recommendation to improve ACPs.

Text input (text limited)

Category

Question

Input Type / Metric

1=They do not; 10= comprehensively

Select all that apply list

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Notes

Select all that apply list

Contact information; Pre-identified response strategies; Interagency agreements
of how roles and responsibilities will be handled; Resources at risk information;
Response equipment availability; ICS implementation

currency of information; finding information; completeness of information;
usable tools within ACP; Accessibility of ACP; Size of ACP; participation in plan
development

Area Contingency Planning Survey (Draft_21FEB17)
Sequence
Group

Group
Order

47 ACP improvements

9000

2

Describe your number two recommendation to improve ACPs.

Text input (text limited)

48 ACP improvements

9000

3

Describe your number three recommendation to improve ACPs.

Text input (text limited)

49 ACP improvements

9000

4

If we developed a tablet/app for your ACP, would you use it in the
field?

Drop Down menu select

Yes or no answer

50 ACP Accessibility

10000

1

Generally, do people know how to find current versions of ACPs?

Drop Down menu select

Y/N

51 ACP Accessibility

10000

2

How do you access ACPs in your Region(s)?

Drop Down menu select

Hard copy, online - do people know where to find plans?

52 ACP Accessibility

10000

3

Please rate your ability to access ACPs.

Drop Down menu select

None, limited, readily accessible

53 ACP Accessibility

10000

4

Do you know who to contact to access the plan/get help with the
plan?

Drop Down menu select

Y/N

54 ACP Accessibility

10000

5

On a scale of 1-10, how engaged is the state in the Area Contingency
Planning process?

1-10 scale (radio button)

1= None; 10 = extensively

55 ACP Accessibility

10000

6

Have you read the ACP(s) applicable to the areas you predominantly
work in?

Drop Down menu select

Y/N

Category

Question

Input Type / Metric

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Notes