ECHO // AO OVERWATCH

MODULE 01 · ECHO

Threat Registry

Identify and document every credible threat and hazard relevant to your AO — natural, technological, and human-caused.

ECHO uses the THIRA framework (Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment) adapted for individual preparedness. Start broad — list every threat you can think of — then rate and prioritize. Your AO geography, climate, and proximity to infrastructure determines which threats are credible. A tornado is not a credible threat in Ashe County. A severe ice storm is.

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MODULE 02 · ECHO

Probability & Impact Rating

Rate each identified threat on two axes: probability of occurrence and impact on your group if it occurs.

Use a simple 1–5 scale for both axes. Probability: 1 = very unlikely, 5 = near-certain. Impact: 1 = minor disruption, 5 = existential threat to group. Multiply the two scores to get a Priority Score — this drives your roadmap. A low-probability / high-impact threat (nuclear event, Score: 5) ranks differently than a high-probability / moderate-impact event (power outage, Score: 12).

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MODULE 03 · ECHO

Capability Assessment

For each threat, assess your current capability to detect, prevent, respond to, and recover from it.

Honest self-assessment is harder than it sounds. For each threat, ask: Can we detect it before it's on top of us? Can we prevent or reduce its impact? Can we respond effectively? Can we recover without outside help? Rate each capability area and note what specifically is missing. This feeds directly into the gap analysis.

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MODULE 04 · ECHO

Gap Analysis

Document the specific preparedness gaps revealed by your capability assessment — ordered by priority score.

A gap is a specific deficiency — not "we need more medical supplies" but "we have no trained tourniquet applicator and no hemostatic gauze in our IFAK." Specific gaps produce specific corrective actions. Vague gaps produce vague plans. This section is the bridge between assessment and action.

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MODULE 05 · ECHO

Preparedness Roadmap

Build a prioritized action plan that closes your identified gaps — with specific tasks, resources needed, and target completion dates.

The roadmap is what ECHO produces. Every gap gets a task, every task gets a responsible person and a target date. Prioritize by the combination of threat priority score and gap severity. Start with the actions that close the most critical gaps against your highest-priority threats. This module ties directly to every other module in the suite — gaps in medical point to Trauma One, gaps in comms point to Comms Matrix, etc.

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OUTPUTS · ECHO

Generate Documents

Print-ready reference outputs.

OUTPUT 1

Threat Priority Matrix

All threats ranked by priority score with probability and impact ratings.

OUTPUT 2

Gap Analysis Summary

Prioritized list of preparedness shortfalls with current capability ratings.

OUTPUT 3

Preparedness Roadmap

Action plan with tasks, responsible persons, and target dates.

OUTPUT 4

Full THIRA Report

Complete threat assessment document — suitable for group briefing.

Data Management

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