A NEW PARTNERSHIP BUILT FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE & MAINE COMMUNITIES.
Helping cities and towns plan, prepare, and communicate with confidence.
MUNICIPAL READINESS FOR NH & ME
Stronger Plans.
Stronger Preparedness.
Stronger Communities.
PDR Strategies and Next Wave Preparedness have partnered to deliver practical, ready-to-use municipal plans and communications support across New Hampshire and Maine.
Nationally Recognized Experience. Local Focus.
Paul D. Raymond, Jr., EPIO
Founder, PDR Strategies
Emily Kaster, CEM
CEO, Next Wave Preparedness
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OUR SERVICES
✔️ LEOP Rewrites
Clear, current, and compliant plans built for real operations—not just shelf space.
✔️ COOP Development
Practical continuity strategies that keep essential services running during disruption.
✔️ Strategic Planning
Focused goals, clear priorities, and actionable steps that align departments and leadership.
✔️ Crisis & Strategic Communications
Ready-to-use templates and guidance for media response, internal updates, and public messaging.
✔️ Training & Exercises
Targeted trainings and tabletops that strengthen readiness and build confidence across teams.
✔️ After-Action Reviews
Objective evaluations that identify strengths, gaps, and specific improvements for future events.
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🧭 From Plan to Practice: How to Test Your EOP Through Tabletop, Functional, and Full-Scale Exercises
An Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) is a cornerstone of organizational preparedness. But a plan on a shelf doesn’t guarantee a successful response when an emergency strikes. Testing your plan through exercises is the bridge from theory to practice, helping staff understand their roles, identify gaps, and build confidence in real-world scenarios. Exercises don’t have to
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🧭 Bringing Your EOP to Life: Practical Methods for Training Staff and Building Competency
An Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) is one of the most important documents an organization can have and one of the easiest to misunderstand. Many organizations invest significant time and resources in developing or updating their EOP, only to see it sit on a shared drive, referenced occasionally during an update cycle or accreditation processes, but
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🧭 Your EOP Assumes Communication Will Just Happen. That’s the Problem.
Emergency Operations Plans are built to answer hard questions. But buried inside most EOPs is a dangerous assumption that rarely gets challenged: That communication will simply work when it matters most. Plans assume leaders will speak clearly under pressure. They assume information will flow smoothly across agencies. They assume the public will wait patiently for
A Proven Partnership
PDR Strategies and Next Wave Preparedness provide complementary strengths: planning + communications, training + leadership, operations + strategy. Their combined experience gives municipalities a partner that understands emergency management, municipal government, public safety culture, and the realities of local resources.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Do you work with small towns?
Yes. Many of our clients are small or part-time EMD offices. We scale the scope, timeline, and deliverables to match your staffing, budget, and operational realities. Whether you’re a volunteer EMD or a larger municipal department, the process is tailored to you.
Can you align with our grant?
Absolutely. We regularly work with EMPG, SHSP, ARPA, and state-level preparedness funding. We’ll help map our scope to the specific requirements of your grant, document eligible activities, and ensure deliverables meet audit and compliance expectations. You are still required to handle all of the grant paperwork and meet the reporting requirements.
Can you train our staff?
Yes. We offer staff briefings, overview workshops, tabletop exercises, leadership workshops, spokesperson coaching and more. Training is customized to your departments—police, fire, DPW, administration—and built around real scenarios your community may face.
What’s the typical timeline?
Most engagements move from discovery to a draft plan in just a few weeks, depending on scope and stakeholder readiness/availability. If you need a faster or slower turnaround, we can phase the project or prioritize critical components first.
Can you coordinate with partners?
Yes. We work directly with police, fire, EMS, DPW, public health, schools, county/state emergency management, and hospital partners. We ensure your plans reflect the actual coordination and resource-sharing needed during an incident.