Business Emergency Recovery Plan Toolkit

Businesses often put off emergency planning because they don’t think a disaster will happen to them or affect their business. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates over 40% of businesses never reopen following a disaster. Of the remaining companies, at least 25% will close within 2 years. If you include business disasters, like computer outages, embezzlement or a key employee leaving, the number of businesses affected is even greater. While business owners can’t prevent disasters from closing their businesses, effective contingency planning before the disaster strikes will help. It will speed recovery, address safety issues, decrease recovery costs and increase the likelihood of reopening. Recovery planning also helps businesses identify efficiencies that can make an immediate impact on profitability.

One of the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina and other disasters is that people are your most important asset; without them your business can not operate. The Toolkit provides contact sheets for employees and key business contacts. Use the contact sheets to develop plans for how to contact employees and business contacts efficiently. This will enable you to determine their safety and availability for recovery tasks. Additional planning tools will help you decide which business processes are most crucial and need to be recovered soonest and alternatives to speed recovery.

The Business Emergency Recovery Plan Toolkit includes templates and checklists that will help you put a business emergency recovery plan in place before an emergency strikes. A recovery plan will help your business react quicker, keep employees safer and help make recovery more cost effective than if you develop a plan during the disaster. Completing a recovery plan does not guarantee that your business will fully recover from a natural or business disaster, however, it does make the outcome more likely. The Toolkit includes the following templates and checklists:

• People Contact Sheets
• Disaster Safety Supply List
• Facilities Site Safety Survey
• Business Papers that should be gathered and available
• Critical Business Processes to be recovered first and alternatives.
• Plan testing, training processes and timeframes You’ll have peace of mind knowing you are prepared for an emergency.

The business Recovery Tool Kit is only $75 and includes a ½ hour review of your completed plan.

Start your recovery planning today.