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Mutual Benefits of Business Continuity and Community Resilience

What is Community Resilience?
A community’s ability to recover from adverse events is a manifestation of its resilience. 
- anticipate disasters by identifying high hazards, their potential direct impacts, and the cascade of consequences that may follow;
- limit impacts of disasters by preventing damage or protecting their systems;
- respond more effectively after disasters occur by quickly assessing the damage and taking action to restore essential services; and
- recover from disasters as rapidly as possible and begin anticipating the next event.

What is Business Continuity Planning?
Businesses - from the “Mom and Pops” on Main Street to the global conglomerates at the industrial park - have an important role to play in community resilience. Part of this responsibility falls within the framework of business continuity planning. Both property mitigation efforts to prevent structural damage and operational measures to restore critical business operations and work processes are critical elements in the planning process. 
According to the Insurance Information Institute, one in four businesses forced to close after a disaster never reopens. This has long term implications for a community’s economy and vitality as it recovers from an extreme event.

Actions that define business continuity include:
- anticipating what can go wrong through a vulnerability assessment;
- putting plans in place to limit impacts;
- responding more effectively by determining what needs be done, who needs to do it, and how it can get done; and
- managing long term recovery, which may involve changes in functionality to get the results needed.

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Business Disaster Preparation Links

Every Business Should Have A Plan. 12-page Booklet
https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/89506

Business Emergency Plan -
Business Continuity and Disaster Preparedness Plan

https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1388778800620-c5bc0e6f051a700b75a691de704d8ae5/Business_SamplePlan_2014.pdf

What Are The Costs?
https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/89514

Business Impact Analysis Worksheet - Operational & Financial Impacts
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1388776348838-b548b013b1cfc61fa92fc4332b615e05/Business_ImpactAnalysis_Worksheet_2014.pdf

Risk Assessment Table
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1389015304392-877968832e918982635147890260624d/Business_RiskAssessmentTable_2014.pdf

Every Business Should Have A Plan
https://www.ready.gov/document/every-business-should-have-plan

Emergency Response Plan
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1388775706419-f977cdebbefcd545dfc7808c3e9385fc/Business_EmergencyResponsePlans_10pg_2014.pdf

Business Emergency Supplies
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1387572158481-3561e0b74b8da0f6deb4424c9a29bbf6/business_emergency_supplies.pdf

Emergency Preparedness Resources for Businesses 
https://www.fema.gov/media-library/resources-documents/collections/357



Wider Scope

For Businesses 
Ready Business - Prepare, Plan, Stay Informed (FEMA)
Helping Businesses Become Disaster Resilient (BICEPP)
United States Small Business Administration
Protect Your Business (FEMA)
Emergency Preparedness Checklist for Small Businesses (FedEx and ARC)
Emergency Preparedness Resources for Business (FEMA)
Open For Business EZ Toolkit (Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety) 


American Red Cross
Ready Rating: A FREE Service from the American Red Cross
Ready Rating is a program that helps businesses, schools and organizations become prepared for disasters and other emergencies.
Make sure your organization is safe and ready
Become a Ready Rating Member to see how you compare and where you can improve.
https://www.readyrating.org

Preparedness Planning for Your Business

Program Management 
- Planning
- Implementation
- Testing And Exercises
- Program Improvement
​https://www.ready.gov/business

https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1389022685845-7cdf7d7dad7638a19477d01fdbfa820f/Business_booklet_12pg_2014.pdf

https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1392217307183-56ed30008abd809cac1a3027488a4c24/2014_business_user_guide.pdf


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Video

Seven Design and Construction Features Important to Seismic Performance
https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/videos/89781#details
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