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How to Create an Emergency Response Plan

MHA Consulting

Due to the rise in work-from-home, the last few years have seen a serious degradation in organizations’ emergency planning and response capability. In today’s post, we’ll look at why it’s important to have a solid emergency response plan and explain how to create one. Keep your plan simple.

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Prolonged, wide-area electrical power failure

Emergency Planning

lifts [elevators] blocked: people possibly trapped in them trains stranded: people possibly stranded in them traffic control inoperable: possibility of accidents and queues at road junctions critical facilities (hospitals, police stations, etc.)

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7 Skills Leaders Must Master for Effective Response to Critical Events

everbridge

Much of the discussion on and organization’s state of readiness for critical events focuses on the capabilities and planning of the enterprise. Emergency response planning is crucial, but even the most robust plan can’t cover all situations. Seven Essential Skills for Effective Crisis Management.

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The Art of Explaining: MHA’s Best Crisis Communications Resources    

MHA Consulting

Every organization’s crisis management plan must include a crisis communications plan and strategy. Before we get to that list of resources, let’s review a few crisis communication essentials to set the stage. Here are eight tips to help you protect your brand in a crisis: Become brand-aware.

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

MHA Consulting

A great place to get an overview of the whole BC field, from Program Administration to Exercises to Risk Management and Mitigation. Contains links to toolkits for preparing for different hazards as well as pages on Emergency Response Plans, Crisis Communications Plans, Incident Management, IT/DR, and much more.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

Every severe weather emergency response generates valuable data that is used in the continuous improvement process for risk management. Analyzing data, identifying gaps, and using lessons learned to discover areas that can be improved during the next emergency is where the value of technology lies.

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What types of incident is business continuity meant to deal with?

Plan B Consulting

The chat was initially about a technical issue in the Good Practice Guidelines (GPG) 2018 but we then had a general chat about all things business continuity, varying from ‘Adaptive Business Continuity’ to the BCI’s response to COVID-19.