Essential Teams and Personnel

COOP Plan Outline

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Introduction

Purchasing a generator while one has electricity may seem like an unwise idea. However, when there is a power outage, a person with a generator is not affected by the power outage and they can continue with their activities such as watching television, listening to music among others. A continuity of operations plan is a policy that acts as the generator in the example given. The continuity of operations plan stipulates the guidelines and policies that ensure that critical functions of an organization or business continuity and the resources and personnel are relocated to an alternate location or facility in case of emergencies. A continuity of operations plan is essential in disaster management as it identifies the roles of the first respondents to reduce damage and save lives, enables the newly employed management team to promote its effectiveness, and focuses on promoting ethics in business continuity.

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Main Point One

Topic Sentence - The continuity of operations plan is essential in guiding the first responders in conducting their functions

Supporting Sentences - The first responders of disaster management include fire services, emergency healthcare providers, law enforcement officers, and public services. The continuity of operations plans guides the first responders in the activities that they should perform in a business when a disaster strikes apart from the emergency services. Some of their functions as stipulated in the continuity of operations plan include saving lives in case disasters strike. Some disasters such as floods, fires, hurricanes, and storms can be very disastrous (Hanwacker, 2018). They also have a role in protecting the public from harm as a result of disasters. The law enforcement officers should control the situation in case of a crime scene. Moreover, the first respondents are in charge of providing emotional and physical support to the victims of disasters.

Main Point Two

Topic Sentence - The Continuity of operations plan has a provision of ensuring that ensures that the newly employed emergency management employees can effectively promote the implementation of the continuity of operations plan .

Supporting Sentences - The newly employed emergency management employees should be trained on how to implement the continuity of operations successfully. They should be trained about the whole plan to understand it and ensure that they know when to implement it and how they should implement it successfully (Hall et al., 2016).

Main Point Three

Topic Sentence - The continuity of operations plans should be guided by ethical principles to ensure that they are ethically sound and they promote the interest f the community.

Supporting Sentences - Several ethical principles should be implemented. One f the ethical principles that should be implemented include promoting equality and substantial respect, justice, and fairness to ensure that the community has a major voice in the disaster recovery process. It eliminates bias in the disaster management process.

Conclusion

In a nutshell, a continuity of operations plan is essential in disaster management as it identifies the roles of the first respondents to reduce damage and save lives, enables the newly employed management team to promote its effectiveness, and focuses on promoting ethics in business continuity. The continuity of operations plan stipulates the functions of first respondents such as providing emotional and physical support to victims, controlling the disaster, and saving lives. Newly employed emergency management employees should be trained about the continuity of operations plan to ensure that they implement it successfully if a disaster occurs. Ethical principles should also be followed to ensure that the disaster management process is fair and promotes equality and justice. Finally, continuity of operations planning is essential in the promotion of effective disaster management.

References

Avvenuti, M., Cresci, S., Vigna, F. D., & Tesconi, M. (2018). On the need of opening up crowdsourced emergency management systems. AI & Society, 33(1), 55

Griego, A. L., Flores, A. B., Collins, T. W., & Grineski, S. E. (2020). Social vulnerability, disaster assistance, and recovery: A population-based study of Hurricane Harvey in Greater Houston, Texas. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 51. https://doi-org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101766

Hall, S. A., Allen, B. L., & Phillips, D. (2016). Continuity of operations planning in college athletic programs: The case for incorporating Federal Emergency Management Guidelines. Journal of Emergency Management, 14(1), 71–77

Hanwacker, L. S. (2018). Continuity of operations plans: Simple or detailed? Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, 12(2), 133–149.