Abstract: A machine-implemented method for enhancing disaster preparedness transforms user-entered data to generate a report which includes a disaster score and suggestions for improving disaster preparedness. The user enters data which is uploaded via the internet to a computer, and then transformed by the computer using a database architecture comprising an application layer configured for interfacing with a user and for allowing the user to input disaster preparedness data; a business logic layer configured for transforming the disaster preparedness data into a preparedness assessment; and a data access layer configured for allowing access to the user-entered and system data.