We’ve made it easy to ensure your business continuity program includes procedures for a Pandemic. Our Pandemic Business Continuity Plan Template simplifies a normally complicated and time-consuming task.
Designed in accordance with the World Health Organization’s guidelines, and put into a simple and easy format
This document sets out the activities that should be undertaken to help prepare your business for the current pandemic and mitigate its impact.
Some of the benefits of using our template to create your Pandemic Business Continuity Plan:
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All fields requiring your specific company information are easy to locate and contain helpful tips and information making the template simple to use.
High-quality content that will meet your governance, operational, and audit requirements.
Suitable for almost any industry:
- Legal Practices
- Government & Public Sector
- Contact & Call Centres
- Banking & Finance Sector
- Health Services Sector
- IT&T Service Providers
- Franchises
- Consulting
- Media
- Industrial & Manufacturing
- Professional Services
- Non-Profit (contact us for special discounts)
- Retail & More
Save time with the pre-formatted template; fill in the blanks and you’re ready to print!
Is your business one of the many that know they need a specific plan to deal with the Flu Pandemic, but don’t know where to start or don’t have the resources or expertise to create one?
Our template is your answer! Step by careful step, word by word, paragraph by paragraph, and page by page, our template empowers you to plan for the impacts of a Pandemic.
Detailed text, checklists, and handy help information!
You will enjoy that our template is designed in a logical and flowing manner, with the plan containing individual sections that provide easy navigation, making it simple to update and maintain as your business changes over time.
We’ve spent years perfecting our templates to make them simple, practical, and painless
Here’s an overview of the Pandemic plan:
Plan Summary: Provides an overview of the plan objective – providing the management response to the event of an Influenza Pandemic.
Section One – Assumptions: This part of the plan provides the assumptions and gives context to the actions and strategies detailed later in the plan. Below is a sample:
- Anticipated period of the pandemic (Eg, 12 to 24 months)
- An anticipated percentage of staff being absent
- Possible increase/decrease in demand for services
Figure – WHO Pandemic Phases
Section Two – Strategy: This section provides the main objectives to manage the impact of a pandemic on staff and business operations.
Section Three – Pandemic Phases: The strategies and actions within the plan are aligned to the four WHO phases illustrated below:
Section Four – Team Members: This section lists the details of the personnel who are responsible for managing the responses during all phases of the pandemic.
Section Five – Critical Business Functions: In the event of a full-scale pandemic your organization will need to remain focused on its critical business functions and operations.
Section Six – Key Skills and Staff: This section helps you identify the key skills and staff to support the implementation of the pandemic plan.
Section Seven – Action Plans and Checklists: This section includes detailed checklists for each phase of a pandemic crisis. Management can also use this section as a reminder of the actions and likely issues that will require to be addressed during a pandemic.
Section Eight Communications Strategy: A key to successful recovery or business continuity exercise is good communication. This section provides the structure for identifying the key stakeholders that will need to receive information during a pandemic. E.g.
- Team Leaders and Alternate Team Leaders
- Key Suppliers
- Key Customers
- Example messages are provided for each phase of the pandemic
Section Nine – Resource Requirements: Additional resources may be required to be procured before or during a pandemic. This section lists examples of commonly used resources:
- Laptops
- Mobile/Cell Phone
- Remote/Wireless Access
- Personnel Protection Equipment
Section Ten – Testing and Maintenance: This section assists you in determining your testing requirements and how often the Pandemic Plan should be reviewed.
Appendix – WHO Flu Fact Sheet: A comprehensive fact sheet (8 pages) provides information on the Flu virus. This information is designed as reference material and also to assist you in understanding the Influenza threat.
If you need to develop a Pandemic business continuity plan that provides the processes, procedures, and guidance to handle the situation and pass the most rigorous governance requirements, this template is your solution!
We’ve taken away the hard work and developed a fast & simple way to create a Pandemic Plan.