Think about how different things were in your personal and professional life at the beginning of 2020—before COVID-19 became a household name. Unfortunately, the pandemic brought into focus that many organizations were unprepared for the magnitude of such a life-altering, disruptive event—a troubling fact given the significant health and safety implications for virtually all employees. Studies have shown that before 2020, most businesses lacked an emergency response plan that documented how their organization would respond to a rapidly spreading disease, forcing many to create a plan as the pandemic developed.

While we can’t necessarily predict when critical events will happen, emergencies are a reality for which every business needs to be ready.

How to use this resource:

  1. Bookmark this page as a key resource to help you prepare your business for the next emergency situation you will face.

  2. Watch the Business Continuity Plan videos, they are short and will put you in the right mindset to get prepared.

  3. Review the list of links and bookmark relevant ones to your business.