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An Outline for Business Continuity Planning

This outline is intended to help you begin to develop your own business continuity plan. The outline is excerpted from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) booklet Emergency Management Guide for Business & Industry and sample plan documents.

You can use this outline to jump-start your planning process. However, we strongly recommend that you also get a copy of the FEMA booklet. It has detailed information about each of the steps identified here and also identifies substeps. You can purchase it or download it from www.fema.gov/library/bizindst.pdf.

1. Planning steps
   • Step 1: Establish a planning team
     • Form the team
     • Establish authority
     • Create and issue a plan mission statement
     • Establish a ...