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Business Continuity Team: Scope of Practice

Mission


To ensure the economic resilience of the community post-disaster by equipping businesses with tested contingency plans to facilitate a rapid recovery. 


Pre-Disaster Activities


  • Participating in community-sponsored training, drills, and exercises 


  • Creating and disseminating preparedness information to the business community, especially insurance planning information


  • Maintaining a list of post-disaster recovery grants and how to apply for them quickly


  • Engaging with either the municipality or the county in identification of critical infrastructure buildings, which may be public or private entities


Activation Timeline


48–96 hours post-incident


Post-Disaster Activation


  • Team Lead with support from team members conducts a visual survey of disaster effects on local businesses determining which businesses are destroyed and which are open. 


  • One week after the disaster, the Team meets with local businesspeople to assess their situation and identify a path for recovery. The Team Lead assigns team members to assist with key functions:


  • Preparing a status report on local businesses for local government


  • Assisting businesses with grant applications


  • Assisting businesses with post-disaster cleanup and damage documentation


  • Assisting businesses with insurance claims


  • Acting as intermediary between businesses and EOC/local government


  • Putting in requests for help from the local government


  • Gathering needed resources


Hours will vary based on the nature of the incident but will not exceed one 12-hour shift/24-hour period for a maximum of 14 consecutive days. 


Supervision Responsibilities


Team Lead will supervise other team members as needed.


Training and Orientation


  • FEMA IS-100 (An Introduction to the Incident Command System)


  • FEMA IS-700 (An Introduction to the National Incident Management System)


  • Watch Three Pillars of Resilience, a 45-minute talk on the crucial connections between business continuity, neighborhood resilience, and personal preparedness, presented by Bainbridge Prepares Founder and Board Chair Scott James to an audience of West Coast and Hawaiian chapters of Entrepreneurs Organization (EO).

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