Identifying Types of Crises and Disasters

1. Internal Incidents (to your personnel and facilities)

   1. Lockdown of facilities

   2. Intruder, weapon, threat

   3. Suicide (actual, threat, or attempt)

   4. Kidnapping, abduction, or missing person

   5. Death

      1. Staff/volunteer

      2. Church member

      3. Family member

      4. Minor

   6. Accident or serious injury (on and off site)

   7. Medical emergency or assessment

   8. Fire, explosion

   9. Bomb threat

   10. Bomb or suspicious device

   11. Assault

   12. Robbery, theft

   13. Poison

   14. Severe weather

   15. Hurricane

   16. Flood

   17. Tornado

   18. Earthquake

   19. Blizzard

   20. Safe shelters within facility

   21. Electrical outage

   22. Utility shut-off

   23. Church/school closing

   24. Spilled body fluids

   25. Child abuse report

2. Community/Regional Incidents (in your community, but not impacting you directly...but may cause you to become involved)

1. 1. Civil disturbance

   2. Hazardous chemical spill

   3. Severe weather

   4. Mass destruction or displacement

   5. Providing emergency shelter and/or support (e.g. feeding center)

   6. National Incidents (not in your immediate area)

   7. Homeland Security Advisory

   8. Nuclear, biological, chemical

   9. Other national incident

   10. Traveling to respond to national disaster