Primary Core Capability: Economic Recovery

This planning and management-level planning course provides business continuity training to communities nationwide. It will help prepare business owners as well as executive level managers develop a comprehensive and effective business continuity program from start to finish.

For additional course information, including contact hours, please see the National Preparedness Catalog.

• Examine the basic parts of a business continuity plan and list the steps to creating a plan.
• identify the initial steps necessary to establish a business continuity program and identify essential functions.
• assess risks of hazards and impact of downtime, identify time-sensitive or critical business functions and processes and the resources needed to support them, and determine adequacy of existing resources and capabilities.
• identify, document, and explore recovery strategies.
• write a business continuity plan.
• use components of a business continuity plan to respond to an event and conduct early recovery efforts.

• All participants must be U. S. Citizens or Foreign Nationals approved by the Department of Homeland Security.

• Prospective students are encouraged to complete the courses listed below:

   

  · IS-0100.c: Introduction to Incident Command System, ICS 100
  · IS-0700.b: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System (NIMS)
  · IS-0546.a: Continuity of Operations Awareness Course

Visit FEMA's Emergency Management Institute to complete these Independent Study courses.

Target Disciplines: Listed via National Course Preparedness Catalog

• Emergency Management
• Emergency Medical Services
• Fire Service
• Governmental Administrative
• Law Enforcement
• Health Care
• Public Health
• Public Safety Communications
• Public Works