1. Purpose
The purpose of this Operational Readiness Plan (OR plan) is to define in detail the process the Emergency Management and Business Continuity (EBMC) Program team need to undertake to ensure all the required operational deliverables are available, tested and perform as expected and are complete according to standard operating procedures and regulatory requirements.
2. Objectives
The objectives of the plan are to:
• To be a guide to the user, providing clear directions on how to prepare, monitor, test, document and review all the components necessary to guarantee that the EMBC program and by extension NAIT is operationally prepared to respond to any emergency.
• To promote confidence in EMBC Program team has conducted all the necessary
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Functional Criteria for example, o Is the technology accomplishing its functions in an acceptable manner o Is the Emergency Management and Business Continuity (EMBC) Program operating at acceptable risk level as a Post -Secondary Institution (PSI) as it relates to safety and health risks
2. Regulatory criteria for example, o Adhering to regulatory, code, and standards both internal and external to NAIT, for example the Emergency Management Act and Bill 30
At its base, operational readiness is the outcome of planning, allocation of resources, training exercising and organizing to build, sustain and improve operational response capabilities based on risk assessment.
Operational Readiness Plan
The OR Plan speaks to what need to be done and by whom, when and how these tasks need to be accomplished. The critical components that guarantee that NAIT is operationally ready and able to response to any emergency or business disruption include people, process/procedures and technology as depicted in figure 1 below.
Figure 1: Showing the three elements of Operational Readiness at
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For achieving the third objective “to improve emergency response”, the group planned to design three SMART objectives as following:
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