Updating Your Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP)
Do you need to write or update your Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP)?
A Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) is an effort within individual departments and agencies to ensure that the Primary Mission Essential Functions (PMEFs) continue to be performed during a wide range of emergencies, including localized acts of nature, accidents, pandemics, and technological or attack-related emergencies.
Were you prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic? If you weren’t prepared for COVID-19, it will be critical to get a well-designed and functional COOP in place for any future disasters. Or, if you already have a COOP in place, it will need to be updated to include lessons learned during this pandemic.
A comprehensive COOP should include a planning tool with defined processes and detailed information about how to effectively utilize a built-in pandemic module. This tool will identify mission essential functions and employees and establish a plan that allows employees to be functional at the office or remote. Without a defined COOP, inefficiencies and crisis management becomes the focus as opposed to the mission critical services and activities that stakeholders need.
Comprehensive COOPs include:
Software to build and store your plan and documents for operations accessible through the internet.
Development of a pandemic Hazards/Risk Assessment.
Training on preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation actions for a pandemic event. Identification of essential reports to utilize during a pandemic-related disruption.
Experience Is Key
Our team includes:
BOLDplanning, Inc. (BOLD), who has developed software necessary to build a COOP unique to your specific needs.
20+ years of experience with continuity plans, disaster recovery, and emergency management services at the federal, state, and local level.
Performance of more than 10,000 organizational plans including, Continuity of Operations Plans (COOPs), Business Continuity Plans (BCPs), Comprehensive Emergency Management Plans (CEMPs), and Disaster Recovery Plans.
Extensive experience providing tabletop exercises, trainings, business continuity planning, and software services to a variety of clients ranging in size and services.
Contact us today to help you write or update your Continuity of Operations Plan!