The importance of having an Emergency Response Plan (ERP)

As a company, are you able to respond quickly to any emergency? This is a question not to be taken lightly. The Emergency Response Plan (ERP) is an essential resource to ensure a coordinated and effective response to prevent loss of life, minimize injury and property damage within your organization. Emergency preparedness can include fire…

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Crisis management plan: What is its purpose?

To ensure its proper functioning, every company should have a crisis management plan. It allows for the coordination of the response to a major disruptive event to minimize the damage and impacts to your company’s profitability, reputation and ability to operate. Since the objective of this article is to make you aware of the subject,…

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The Business Continuity Site, a must for your company

As a business leader, have you ever asked yourself the question, “If I don’t have access to my building for an extended period of time, where would I go to maintain my operations?” Indeed, a major incident or crisis may require the relocation of operations to other internal or external sites for a considerable period…

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Tests and exercises: an indispensable step in validating your ability to maintain operations

No company is immune to an disruption of its operations. Therefore, to counter the potential consequences of such a perturbation, prevention measures, workarounds and mitigation strategies must be defined and implemented. However, this alone is insufficient. It is also required to validate their overall effectiveness, to attest to the level of preparedness and to assess…

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