Prepare Your Organization In Response To a Disaster

8/4/2017 (Permalink)

Prepare Your Organization In Response To a Disaster

Hold a Tabletop Exercise

A tabletop exercise is a facilitated discussion about what your organization would do in response to a disaster.

The exercise leads participants through a simulated disaster scenario and prompts them to examine their plans, policies, and procedures without disrupting the work environment. It allows for a facilitated discussion of roles, procedures, and responsibilities in the context of a simulated emergency scenario.

The goals for the exercise are as follows:

1. To assess your organization’s ability to respond using your current plans, policies, capabilities, and resources; and 2. To help identify improvements that could make the difference in keeping your people safe and continuity of operations after a disaster.

For organizations that do not currently do this type of planning, conducting this exercise as part of your America’s PrepareAthon! Day of Action can be an important next step in improving your organization’s preparedness and resiliency.

This Playbook provides guidance on how to hold a tabletop exercise to help your organization assess and improve its ability to maintain or reestablish operations when affected by a flood. Many individuals within your organization can lead this effort: a senior leader, an employee, a facility manager, a human resources manager, or a program manager.

Use this Playbook, How to Prepare for a Flood, and the companion slide deck available on www.ready.gov/prepare to help you.

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