Keep Your Organization Functioning During an Emergency
Ensuring your organization's continuity in the event of an emergency is vitally important to its longevity. Emergencies that can be devastating to your organization can be as basic as a local power outage and as severe as a regional hurricane. Thinking about and planning for all-hazards surrounding your organization will help keep you performing vital functions during a disaster.
Some preliminary actions to take are:
Identify operations that are critical to survival
Create an emergency staff and volunteer contact list
Create procedures for succession of authority
Identify any resources that are used daily
Create a contact list of partner agencies to keep off-site
Plan for what to do if your building is inaccessible
Plan for payroll continuity
Define emergency policies and procedures before an emergency occurs
