Learning
What’s the main purpose of an AAR?
To learn from the incident
What does an AAR hold agencies responsible for?
Their actions during an incident
What planning tool do AARs often feed into?
Corrective Action Plans
How can AARs affect policy?
By identifying flaws in existing policy
AARs are often attached to what type of request?
Grant applications
AARs help improve what key emergency process?
Response readiness
Why are timelines in AARs important?
They track who did what, when
How can AARs guide training priorities?
By highlighting knowledge gaps
What part of government operations might change based on an AAR?
Emergency management policy or protocols
Why do funders like to see AARs?
They show evidence-based needs
What type of mistakes are AARs meant to prevent repeating?
Systemic or operational
What part of an AAR can help assess leadership decisions?
Command decisions timeline
How can drills use AARs from previous events?
To simulate real gaps
AARs often reveal needs for what kind of updates?
Plans, procedures, staffing
How can an AAR help with budget planning?
Identifies gaps needing funds
Why is sharing AARs beneficial across regions?
Promotes shared learning
How do AARs promote transparency?
By documenting gaps and decisions
AARs support continuous...?
Improvement
What’s an example of a policy AARs have shaped?
Sheltering, evacuation, or comms
What kind of funding does FEMA link to AARs?
Reimbursement and Hazard Mitigation
How do AARs support institutional memory?
By documenting experience for future staff
Which kind of audit may use an AAR as evidence?
FEMA reimbursement or inspector general review
Which process uses AARs to refine SOPs?
Emergency planning and revision
Who may use AARs to inform legislative changes?
Local or state lawmakers
AARs often lead to investment in what areas?
Technology, staffing, training