Business Continuity Team: Team Development
Step 1. Reach out to local businesses to recruit volunteers for the Business Continuity Team.
Step 2. Identify a Team Lead.
Step 3. Have volunteers take FEMA IS-100 (Incident Command System) and FEMA IS-700 (National Incident Management System).
Step 4. Conduct an emergency readiness analysis of two or three local businesses in different industries. Ideally, these will include critical post-disaster businesses, like gas stations and grocery stores. The analysis should include a
Step 5. Based on the sample analyses and on the types of disasters your community is likely to face, create educational materials to help your local business community prepare for disaster. Get extra help here.
Step 6. Present a Disaster Readiness Plan to businesses at a Chamber of Commerce meeting and to local government. Continue presenting annually. Also create handouts to keep on hand at the Chamber of Commerce.
Step 7. Create a resource list with information about how to file a post-disaster insurance claim, how to apply for post-disaster business grants and loans, and how to document damage.
Step 8. Develop post-disaster assessment forms for use by the Business Continuity Team to track damage and business interruptions for sharing with local government.
Step 9. Develop Standard Operating Procedures for the team.
Step 10. Identify pre- and post-disaster actions for the team.
Step 11. Create an annual plan for the team and carry out its objectives.
Step 12. Provide annual exercises and training for volunteers.