Also guided by pillar 1 data, pillar 3 collected scenarios of city risk that were used to establish best practices around identifying and preparing vulnerable groups, emergency response plans, and an operations center; design of Early Warning Systems (EWSs); requirements for equipment, tools, and infrastructure; and simulations, drills, and damage assessment capacities.

Stakeholders in this work-stream are concerned with civil protection, disaster management, community volunteers, coordination for response, and recovery actions.