Sidney B y Business C Continuity P y Planning Templ Templat ate e For the Sidney Business Commu mmunity 1
“Have A A G Game P Plan B Before T The G Game” • 80% of BIA membership in BC are small businesses. • These business owners invest a tremendous amount of =me, money, and resources into their venture and the well-being of their staff. • Its not a maDer of if , but when a catastrophic event will occur. Most small businesses have no business con=nuity plans in place. The ToS recognizes this and is commiDed to assis=ng our business develop and maintain business con=nuity plans. 2
WIIF WIIFM “ “What's I In I It F For M Me”? T The R Radio S Station Ev Everyo yone L Listens T To. • 75% of businesses without business con=nuity plans in place at the =me of a disaster fail within three years. • 43% of businesses that experience a disaster and have no emergency plan never re-open. • Can your business survive a week, two weeks, or a month with the doors closed and no revenue? If not, investment in business con=nuity planning is vital • Your business is your livelihood, protect it. 3
• Local businesses are the backbone of our community. • A community’s resilience and ability to recover from a disaster event is directly linked to how quickly the provision of goods and services are made available. • If communi=es cannot rapidly restore “normal condi=ons” post disaster a cascade of nega=ve events take place. This includes business failures and unemployment, which results in a migra=on away from the community to find work. Resul=ng from this you see plumme=ng property values and a greatly diminished tax base to support recovery efforts. • Our business community must be engaged and prepared if the Town is to bounce back from a disaster event quickly and rela=vely unscathed. 4
A S Simple, Ea Easy T y To U Use B Business C Continuity y Template. You’re busy, we recognize this, and focusing on worst case scenarios is easy to put off or ignore en=rely. This planning template was created with this in mind; it is brief, focuses on only the key requirements to keep your doors open, and uses plain language. Sidney Fire Dept. staff will be introducing this in 2017 as part of a businesses annual or bi-annual fire and life safety inspec=ons. Our goal is to educate and assist businesses to become more resilient. 5
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How can we improve this ini=a=ve? This plan is evergreen and malleable, with feedback we will modify it to best serve our business community Buy in will take =me and we want to partner with the SBIA and Chamber to embed emergency preparedness and business con=nuity planning into the Sidney business culture. No ques=on that this will take =me and effort. 9
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