The Cost Effective And High Value Battlebox
Incident or crisis management is a phase of time where there is an opportunity to intervene to prevent the situation getting worse. The aim is to protect people, contain the spread and limit the damage. This is when better prepared individuals and organisations have techniques for command, control and communications. Having achieved relative stability over the situation only then can the business continuity plans be successfully implemented and business recovered.
The Battlebox is a proven and practical commodity designed to safeguard and keep available the essential documents and key equipment to manage and control the initial event so they are immediately available when required. It provides a very visible, tangible and pro-active 'tool-box' to those responsible and involved in the successful resolution of an incident at times of high stress.
The intellectual property in the documents that prompt activity will be prepared in advance and ready to use. Some documents are generic such as an Incident Log to recorded activities during the event. Some need to be customised such as maps to show emergency services the building layout, locations of shut off valves, where assembly areas and potential hazards are. Contact lists can only be created by the organisation but the same principles of incident management apply - convening the leadership team, dealing with people, handling the press, activating providers, kicking off the escalation, warning and informing, putting responders on standby and wining control over chaos.
The Battlebox strategy should be supported by an awareness, training and rollout programme for all in the organisation. Common sense let alone the Pitt Report, BS25999 and the Civil Contingencies Act recommends you have prepared documents and equipment to respond to crisis. Whether you keep a battlebox in the office, at home, in the car, reception, and gatehouse or off-site; a ready-for-anything toolkit is essential for winning control over chaos.
Ultimately it is about intervening and getting control fast to protect people, assets and reputations so that continuity and restoration plans can then be implemented.
For more information on BattleBox, please contact:
Paul Moor,
Commercial Manager,
Evactools Ltd
Tel: 0845 652 1921
Email: info@evactools.com
Website: www.evactools.com
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