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Crisis Management Protocols for Business: A Crisis Management Template
Crisis Management Protocols for Business A Crisis Management Template Author:Douglas Henderson - How do we respond to an emergency? — - What are the priorities? — - What actions should we take first? — - How do we return to normal operations? The CRISIS MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS FOR BUSINESS template identifies step-by-step solutions to these and other important questions. The Plan is designed to provide guidance to the Emergency Response Team a... more »nd the leaders of the company to respond to an actual crisis event. As such the Plan is written in a concise format that makes it highly useful during an emergency event. Ongoing and overall emergency response operations are defined in the organization's Business Continuity Plan (BCP). The Crisis Management Protocols (CMP) for Business is designed to work with, and not replace, your BCP. These plans have important specific purpose and are intended for use in harness to greatly lessen the extent of injuries and limit equipment, material, and property damage. The structure of the Crisis Management Protocols for Business template is designed to be compatible with organization of a typical business and should require little modification. A wide range of emergency situations are addressed so that most businesses can simply edit-out any threats that are not relevant. - - - - - In the corporate world, the Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is logically focused on continuing or rapidly restoring business operations after an emergency event. Often there is little attention paid to emergency steps that should be taken immediately before, during and immediately after a disaster event. This is the area where the Crisis Management Protocols for Business: a Crisis Management Template on CD ROM can help. In an actual disaster the most important goals initially are the preservation of life, maintaining a safe environment and protecting business assets. Only after these steps have been accomplished can normal and critical business activities continue or be restored. In this way the Crisis Management Protocols for Business: a Crisis Management Template on CD ROM is designed to work with and not to replace the BCP. The Crisis Management Protocols for Business: a Crisis Management Template on CD ROM details the action steps to be taken by the Emergency Response Team (ERT) and the Company Incident Commander (or ERT Team Leader). The action steps are defined in a concise format and are organized by the type of disaster. This approach makes the template easy to use during an actual emergency situation. The Crisis Management Protocols for Business: a Crisis Management Template on CD ROM also contains a template for distribution to employees. Often employees are provided with emergency response information in a piecemeal manner. Sometimes only Facility Evacuation procedures are addressed and other important procedures may be missed How does the organization communicate a Shelter-in-Place? What actions do employees take and what actions are not to be taken during a Shelter-in-Place? What do we do if the country is under a terrorist attack? What are the communication procedures before, during and after an emergency? The Crisis Management Protocols for Business: a Crisis Management Template on CD ROM addresses these and many more questions in a concise easy to read and understandable format.« less