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Mastering Business Continuity Exercises: Best Practices, Scenarios, and Tools for 2025

BCP Builder

The key to resilience lies in preparationand thats where business continuity exercises come in. These exercises help organisations test, refine, and strengthen their business continuity plans (BCPs) to ensure theyre ready for anything. What Is a Business Continuity Exercise?

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Communications and Active Shooter Response Planning

Business Continuity Today

The news of two active shooter events one in Buffalo NY and the other at a church in Laguna Woods CA, and mass notification communications mistake by a major city in SoCal are driving the conversation in emergency management. Do you have a plan on how to communicate with your team, your clients, and stakeholders?

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How to use your notification system during hurricanes

everbridge

During a hurricane Response team and Emergency Operations Center activation. Notify and assemble emergency response teams. Advise citizens and others on next steps, including providing re-entry instructions, resumption of normal business processes, and more. Manage volunteer availability and coordinate field activities.

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How to Create an Emergency Response Plan

MHA Consulting

Due to the rise in work-from-home, the last few years have seen a serious degradation in organizations’ emergency planning and response capability. In today’s post, we’ll look at why it’s important to have a solid emergency response plan and explain how to create one. Develop and write the emergency response plan.

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Communications and Active Shooter Response Planning

Business Continuity Today

The news of two active shooter events one in Buffalo NY and the other at a church in Laguna Woods CA, and mass notification communications mistake by a major city in SoCal are driving the conversation in emergency management. Do you have a plan on how to communicate with your team, your clients, and stakeholders?

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Coordinating Emergency Response and Business Continuity in Manufacturing

Plan B Consulting

Charlie discusses the different emergency response and business continuity issues to consider after an incident, and how both teams can communicate efficiently. In manufacturing, even if there is no formal business continuity plan in place, there are often emergency response plans.

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Double trouble: When climate change and cyber crime collide

everbridge

Today, many BCDR programs rely on response plans for a handful of most likely potential incidents. As we have written in the past , it is becoming increasingly likely that businesses will face simultaneous, compounding incidents, a phenomenon known as polycrisis. Think beyond single scenario planning. Build awareness.

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