How involved are your employees in the emergency plans for your company? Do they receive training in First Aid and CPR, or how and when to use a fire extinguisher? Do employees know how to properly report emergencies to both emergency services and key internal contacts? This month I want to discuss the most critical element of your company’s resiliency and recovery plans – your employees.

Sometimes the terms “Are you prepared?” or “Has your business prepared an emergency plan?” are used so frequently that perhaps we take the term for granted. After all we DO have an emergency plan, don’t we? The word prepare is an action verb and the examples used to define it point us to some very useful reminders about developing, testing, and maintaining a proper state of readiness.

This is the first of a new series of short articles about emergency exercises and how you can improve your business or organization’s emergency plans. But first, I thought I would explain the catchy name of this blog.