Stages in the SHAPE - REAL - PLANS Phases
There are three stages in the GGG FERPS process.
STAGE I: SHAPE – This is the deliberate, detailed, centralized planning stage.
This process can be overwhelming, but don’t worry GGG has funneled the science of planning into this free guide1 which will help provide more time for the art of H2T rather than W2T about this stuff. With GGG guidance, you will be able to scribe your situation and assess the plans of action and resources needed.
Note1 Free worksheets are in development and will be provided as soon as possible.
STAGE II: REAL – Once the SHAPE assessment is complete, the plan must be published, communicated, and rehearsed. You must now rehearse, educate, assess, and review the estimated feasibility of the logistical plans and resources and record the lessons learned. At a minimum, a “map exercise” must be completed in which family members will gather around the table with the draft plan and maps of the areas and talk each scenario through. This process should educate your family on How-to-Think (H2T) a situation through, and not necessary exactly What-to-Think (W2T).
STAGE III: PLANS – Once all planning and rehearsals are complete, the plans should not just be placed on shelves to gain dust, become outdated and forgotten. This should be a living, adaptable, real-time process.
This preparedness stuff need not be an overwhelming life-changing inconvenience but a state of responsible family preparedness and readiness, which will come naturally as memory muscle develops with this dedicated and easy-to-follow process.
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