Emergency Plans
Emergency preparedness plans with drill schedules and approval status. Columns: Title · Type · Effective · Last Drill · Next Drill · Approval Status Last Drill and Next Drill connect the plan to your drill cycle. A plan that has never been drilled is untested. These plans also appear in Resources, where the wider agency can read them.Procedures
Emergency response procedures with review dates and approval status. Columns: Name · Review · Approval Procedures are the operational detail beneath a plan — who calls whom, in what order, using which contact list.Recovery Plans
Disaster recovery plans with RTO/RPO targets and plan types. Columns: Name · Type · RTO · RPO
These targets are commitments. Setting an RTO of four hours means you have arrangements capable of
restoring within four hours.
Continuity Reviews
Business continuity plan reviews with dates and review outcomes. Columns: Review Date · Status Periodic confirmation that your continuity arrangements still work. This is where you catch an expired contingency agreement or a recovery target that no longer holds.Writing an emergency plan
1
Identify the scenario
Hurricane, flood, extended power loss, systems failure, staffing collapse.
2
Write the plan and set its effective date
Cover how members will be contacted, prioritised, and reached.
3
Write the supporting procedures
With named roles and current contact details.
4
Route for approval
Set Approval Status once signed off.
5
Schedule a drill
Set Next Drill. An undrilled plan is untested. See Drills.
Running a continuity review
1
Check every plan has been drilled
Compare Last Drill against your required frequency.
2
Verify procedures name current staff
Names and phone numbers, not roles alone.
3
Test recovery targets
Confirm RTO and RPO are achievable, not aspirational.
4
Check contingency agreements
Expiry dates and contacts. See Continuity.
5
Record the review
Set the review date and outcome.
Troubleshooting
Related
Drills
Test the plans.
Readiness
IT systems and weather monitoring.