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6 Things To Consider Before The Disastrous Event Knocks On Your Door
Are you ready for the unexpected?
In the wake of the tragic events in Mumbai,
you may have wondered how your organisation would cope with an unexpected
and extremely serious situation at your own front door.
Emergencies can affect all sectors of your business - health and safety,
human resources and premises management. Yet it tends to be an issue
that many only think of when an emergency is happening; it is often
a case of too little, too late.
Without a good contingency plan for when the unexpected happens, it’s
unlikely that you’ll be in “business as usual”.
In short: What should managers and employers be doing to make sure they are prepared for any disruption of services?
Proactive businesses use Emergency Preparedness
Testing (EPT) as a way of providing themselves with peace of mind
that their risk management can work in practice.
To get the most out of EPT you need to:
- Get a complete picture of your organisation’s preparedness for a disaster or emergency
- Identify possible and obvious risks that could impact staff, contractors, visitors, all primary operations, supply routes etc.
- Develop a system to manage such disasters
- Independently measure, in real time, the system and approach your managers would use to cope with and manage such events
- Continuously test and monitor the system
- Develop best practice and constant improvement of your emergency preparedness across your business.
Never too soon to review
Whether for the peace of mind of your key
stakeholders, including staff, clients, shareholders, and suppliers,
or to ensure that business operations continue to function effectively
and seamlessly in the event of an emergency, it is never too soon to
review your plans, arrangements and systems.
Safer with Ark
Top brand clients work with Ark Workplace Risk
to optimise their control and management of emergency situations. They
use Ark’s unique system of EPT services to enhance their preparedness,
enabling them to:
- Develop emergency and business continuity plans and procedures
- Develop crisis management plans and programmes
- Test for Emergency Preparedness
- Create sound staff training programmes
- Validate existing plans
- Review plans against prescribed/recognised standards such as BS25999, Part 1 2006 Business Continuity Management
