Things That Begin With the Letter "R"
The implementation of prioritized actions required to return to operational stability following an interruption or disaster.
What is Recovery?
Your continuity plan should enable you to continue operations from an alternate site for up to this long.
What is thirty days?
Personnel briefings on agency continuity plans that involve using, or relocating to, alternate facilities, existing facilities, or virtual offices.
What are exercising or training to our COOP Plans?
Leadership, staff, communications and facilities…continuity can’t exist without these to sit upon.
What are the four pillars?
Generally takes effect when normal channels of direction are disrupted and will lapse when these channels are re-established. You could compare this to a Power of Attorney.
What are Delegations of Authority?
The process by which surviving and/or replacement agency personnel resume normal agency operations from the original or replacement primary operating facility.
What is Reconstitution?
This alternate space is ready to go! Crack a window, and then we can work!
What is a hot site?
The type of exercise that involves the deliberate and pre-planned movement of continuity personnel to an alternate facility or location and performance of essential functions.
What is a full-scale exercise?
When an emergency occurs, this is the plan you opt for when it’s safest to stay inside your building.
What is a shelter-in-place plan?
A plan for emergency promotions in case the boss is unavailable to execute their duties.
What are Orders of Succession?
Wow, the Food Bank really stepped up their game and helped the community. Individuals, families, and the community member volunteered countless hours.
What is Response?
When I have an emergency, can I crash at your place? Yes? That’s great, now let’s make it official! We both need to sign one of these.
What is an MOU or an MOA?
Validating equipment to ensure the internal and external interoperability and viability of communications systems. Individuals will not receive grades.
What are tests?
A coordinated effort with the executive, legislative and judicial branches.
What is Continuity of Government?
The ability go back and review the lessons learned from our various continuity testing, training, or exercises and make improvements.
What is Corrective Action?
The ability of an organization to respond to a continuity activation.
What is Readiness?
Performing essential functions from your kitchen table. Bunny slippers optional.
What is remote or mobile work?
A place to find standardized methodology, policy, and language for developing, conducting, and evaluating exercises
What is Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program or HSEEP?
The critical activities performed by organizations, especially after a disruption of normal activities. There are three categories of essential functions: NEFs, PMEFs, and MEFs.
What are Essential Functions?
Elements of a viable Continuity Capability 800: These provide the capability to perform essential functions, in conjunction with other agencies, under all conditions.
What is Continuity Communications?
The identification, protection, and ready availability of information such as electronic and hard-copy documents, references, and records needed to support essential functions during a continuity event.
What is Records Management?
This team reports to and does the initial set up at the alternate facility.
What is Emergency Relocation Group?
During this month in 2022 EMD will be hosing a FEMA NED continuity seminar and workshop.
What March (specifically March 2 & 10)?
This document outlines the steps that will be taken to ensure the maintenance and viability of continuity plans.
What is a Multi-Year Strategy and Program Management Template or MYSPMP?
The plan you activate when leadership and staff can’t work from the primary or alternate facility.
What is Devolution?