There are several ways to conduct
pre-incident planning. Depending on the
department the level of effort that s put into
the information gathering process of preplans
ranges from simple preplans which takes a
little time to gather information to complex
preplans such as active shooter preplans with
floor plans. Below are some examples
A quick 2
minute preplan
This is an example of portraying some
information that is useful to the
responder but doesn’t really contain
preplan information. This
examples show a gate with a knox
box. This really used to show
how to access a location but not the
location itself. 
Thirty
Minute Preplan
A 30 minute level of
work showing building features. This
is what I would call the “where
is the alarm panel so I can reset it fast”
preplan. These are for buildings
that are tactically simple in terms of
fire attack but needs information locating
key features and hazard information. 
One Hour
Preplan
The 1 hour preplan is a
preplan focused on locating units within a
larger or more complex building. While
still simple tactically, it may require a
little more information to collect to locate a
particular unit.
Greater
than 1 Hour Preplan
The final is a school
preplan with attached floor plans.
This
is only an example but could also include
buildings that are more complex such as a
hospital, factory, high rise, etc.
This
type of preplan requires more effort to
collect information.
