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Tag: Emergency Planning

  • Evacuation diagrams and evacuation signs

    Evacuation diagrams and evacuation signs

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    Drew McGiffert
    1,077 words
    5–7 minutes

    Keeping people safe at work means having a clear plan for when things go wrong. Most businesses use evacuation diagrams on the wall to show exits, assembly points, and fire extinguishers. A lot of managers think these wall signs are directly required by WHS laws, but that is actually a myth. Under the model WHS…

  • The role of a business continuity plan following a crisis

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    Drew McGiffert
    735 words
    3–5 minutes

    Business Continuity Planning is “planning which identifies the organization’s exposure to internal and external threats and synthesizes hard and soft assets to provide effective prevention and recovery for the organization, whilst maintaining competitive advantage and value system integrity” (Elliot, Swartz, & Herbane, 1999). Business Continuity Management (BCM) is an ongoing state or methodology governing how…