CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLAN TEMPLATE - Sedgwick County

Severe weatherHazardous material incidentsTransportation accidentsUtility outagesBomb/terrorist threatsGeographic – what can happen as a result of the facility’s location? Keep inmind:Proximity to flood plains, seismic faults, and damsProximity to companies that produce, store, use, or transport hazardous materialsProximity to major air, rail, highway, and waterway transportation routesProximity to nuclear power plantsHuman Error: What emergencies can be caused by employee error? Are employeestrained to work safely? Do they know what to do in an emergency? Human error is thesingle largest cause of workplace emergencies and can result from such things as poortraining, poor maintenance, carelessness, misconduct, substance abuse, and/or fatigue.Physical – What types of emergencies could result from the design or construction of thefacility? Does the physical facility enhance safety? Consider:Physical construction of the facilityLayout of equipmentLightingProximity of shelter areasUpdated office designs/floor plans for use in an emergencyRegulatory – What emergencies or hazards are you regulated to deal with? What mightyour Agency be confronted with during the course of business?PROBABILITYIn the probability column, rate the likelihood of each emergency’s occurrence. This is asubjective consideration, but useful nonetheless. Use a simple scale of 1 to 5 with 1 as thelowest possibility and 5 as the highest.HUMAN IMPACTAnalyze the potential human impact of each emergency – the possibility of death or injury.Assign a rating in the Human Impact column of the Vulnerability Analysis Chart. Use a 1 to 5scale with 1 as the lowest impact and 5 as the highest.PROPERTY IMPACTConsider the potential for losses and damages to property. Again, assign a rating in the PropertyImpact column, 1 being the lowest impact and 5 being the highest. Consider:Cost to replaceCost to set up temporary replacement37