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A L W A Y S A

S T E P A H E A D O F

T H E G A M E

F A R I N A I S M A I L

A disaster recovery plan describes
scenarios for continuing the operations and
reducing interruptions in the aftermath of a
disaster for a business organizations. With
the help of the recovery plan, all personnel
must be able to perform the plan

immediately prior to the disaster.

The first important step to develop a
recovery plan is to identify the type of
records by conducting a survey and D I S A S T E R R E C O V E R Y

maintain a complete file list. It is also P L A N N I N G I N V O L V E S
important to keep a copy of the list in
another secure locations. A N A N A L Y S I S
After that, a business must establish vital
records management program to identify all O F B U S I N E S S
records that are crucial and needed to
continue the business operations after the P R O C E S S E S A N D
disaster happened and develop a cost-

effective method to protect an safeguard C O N T I N U I T Y N E E D S .
those records as well as the policies and
procedures to access and recover any
records that has been damage.
Another important things that needs to be
Next is to identify the possible risks and
done is to develop a contact list containing all
ways on how to minimize and handle those
important numbers such as fire, police and
risks effectively.
hospitals and others as well as the customers,
It is also vital for the business to have an suppliers and other key parties.
alternative storage facilities to back up Business organizations also need to prepare
important records of the business. disaster bin containing needed tools to be used
A group of personnel should be assign to be in small disasters and draw up an action plan
responsible for evacuating the plan when that contains step-by-step on what to do and

the time has come as well as reviewing the circulate it to every personnel in the
plan to keep it up to date. organizations.

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