What Should I Plan For?

With regard to risks and threats which you should be considering, a register of risks that are relevant for the region has been produced via the Staffordshire Resilience Forum; known as the Community Risk Register (CRR), click here to view the document. 

Particular media attention has recently been given to the possible occurrence of Pandemic Influenza and this is certainly one risk which you should consider carefully, along with others (eg, loss of power, loss of IT or telecommunications, loss of access to premises, loss of critical data or information through computer virus, loss of suppliers, etc).  You may wish to develop what is known as a "contingency specific plan", which means that although your generic BCM Plan should be flexible enough to cover a wide range of contingencies, including loss of key staff or loss of many staff, you may want to develop a plan that particularly looks in detail at dealing with that particular risk.  The Cabinet Office (Civil Contingencies Secretariat) have produced a Pandemic Influenza Checklist for Businesses which you may find helpful in your planning process.  For more information on Pandemic Influenza, click here to view the Department of Health's Pandemic Influenza page. 

Thanks to Sunderland City Council for material for this page. 

Last Modified: 03/01/2008 14:33:05
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