Drill/Exercise History Form – SAMPLE
Use this form to document the time and nature of tabletop exercises, evacuations, and similar drills.
After Action Report – SAMPLE
This form can be used to document observations and notes about how the organization performed during drills and exercises. These findings should be shared amongst senior executives and will inform the plans for the next activity.
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Basic Business Continuity Planning on a Budget
Cost management is always a top concern for any organization. This is true even for important functions like emergency preparedness. While essential, comprehensive business continuity planning can seem like a complicated and resource-intensive process as it includes conducting a business impact analysis, developing a plan, testing the plan, training staff, etc. However, that does not have to be your reality.
Crisis Communications – Engaging Stakeholders During an Incident
Trust is the foundation of relationships. When your organization faces an emergency, communications to your employees, customers, and other stakeholders, or lack thereof, can support or erode that foundation. Protect your organization’s reputation and relationships by being prepared to communicate in a crisis.
Managing Finances in a Crisis
Crises come in many forms and require your organization to take a range of preparatory steps. But most crises impact your organization’s finances, and, for this reason, financial preparedness is a critical part of emergency preparedness. Measures you take in advance and during an incident will help your organization weather the crisis and thrive afterward.
Rapid Business Impact Analysis
A business impact analysis (BIA) identifies potential impact of a disruption to your organization’s essential processes. The results of this analysis provide you with the information needed to prioritize business continuity planning, resource, and recovery efforts.
Crisis Communications Do’s & Don’t For the Spokesperson
When a crisis occurs, being prepared while maintaining open and honest communication is critical. This document provides specific guidelines for those needing to act as a spokesperson.
Process Recovery Form
Document the critical processes to be recovered.
Dependency Mapping
Organizations operate within a network and if any part of that network stops functioning the whole thing has problems. Therefore, it is important to work together to ensure that all of your partners are able to function well after a disaster.