Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is an Emergency Operations Plan?

An Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) is the document that houses your strategic response and details the action steps needed in order to successfully sustain your organization’s critical business functions during an emergency or disaster, or at least to resume them as soon as possible after a disruption.

Q: How do you write an emergency plan for businesses?

In order to write your emergency plan, you must first know what threats and hazards your business is at risk for. These can be natural disasters (hurricanes, blizzards, wildfires), industry-specific risks (risks from hazardous materials, supply chain vulnerabilities), acts of violence, or pandemic.

To assess your most likely threats and be able to create your EOP, you can book a consult for an Organizational Risk Assessment here. Once we’ve identified your risks, we’ll sit down to develop your EOP.

Q: What are the stages of emergency management?

Emergency preparedness can seem confusing and even a bit intimidating at first, which is why I've broken it down into its three main pillars. Head here to dive in.

Q: Who is responsible for implementing and maintaining a preparedness plan?

Usually Human Resources, Operations, or Senior Leadership keep the EOP in their possession and facilitate routine training and exercises.

Q: What should be included in the emergency plan?

Your Emergency Operations Plan will outline activation, critical business functions, delegations of authority, external communications, orders of succession, and much more. We outline and define all of the key documents that should be included in an organization’s EOP in this blog post.