The state of being ready with the plans, skills, and resources a likely need requires.
Reach for it when naming readiness built before difficulty arrives
Regular drills improved the town's preparedness for a winter power loss.
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everyday
preparation
Fits when the actions taken beforehand are the focus
Careful Preparation is a process, while preparedness is the resulting state.
warm
Fits when anticipating future needs deserves praise
Careful Foreseeing a risk does not mean resources or skills are ready.
professional
contingency planning
Fits when alternatives are designed for disruption
Careful Plans alone do not prove training, supplies, or operational readiness.
professional
emergency capacity
Fits when available people and resources can handle a crisis
Careful It is narrower than everyday preparedness for ordinary needs.
professional
Fits when ability to act promptly is the central state
Careful Readiness may be momentary and need not rest on plans or supplies.
professional
Fits when a system can absorb and recover from disruption
Careful Resilience can emerge during a crisis without prior preparedness.
formal
state of readiness
Fits when the condition should be expressed without jargon
Careful The phrase is longer and may imply immediate activation.
formal
Fits when ongoing watchfulness detects a threat early
Careful Vigilance is attention, not the capacity to respond.
emergency preparedness
Emergency preparedness included translators as well as generators.
improve preparedness
The shared inventory will improve preparedness across all four clinics.
level of preparedness
The exercise revealed a high level of preparedness but weak public communication.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated
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