After an emergency
Considerations for your recovery process
See your organisations business continuity plan for the requirements that you may need to help your organisation to recover quickly. For example:
- moving to another location
- alternative suppliers/transport companies
- extra staff
Lessons learnt
It’s important to meet with all personnel and managers that were involved in the management of the major incident. To debrief on the disruption and look at what could be improved, such as:
- communications – internally with your staff and externally with the public and stakeholders.
- resilience of the organisation
- business continuity plan
- review your insurance
- clean up procedures
- administrative issues
Incorporate you lessons learnt into your business continuity plan. If you haven’t got a plan, consider developing a plan with these lessons.
