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# Business Continuity

The intent of a business continuity plan is to sustain business operations while recovering from a significant disruption.

Establish a phone tree, so that if one person is not available, they know who else to call.

Common components of a comprehensive business continuity plan:

* List of the BCP team members, including multiple contact methods and backup members
* Immediate response procedures and checklists:
  * security and safety procedures
  * fire suppression procedures
  * notification of appropriate emergency-response agencies
  * etc
* Notification systems and call trees for alerting personnel that the BCP is being enacted
* Guidance for management, including designation of authority for specific managers
* How/when to enact the plan
* Contact numbers for critical members of the supply chain
  * vendors
  * customers
  * possible external emergency providers 
  * third-party partners