Pandemic Influenza Continuity of Operations Planning Instructions
The following information and continuity of operations planning instructions will aid you in developing a continuity of operations plan for your unit.
If you are a UNC-CH School, Department, Center, Institute, or unit that has not developed a continuity of operations plan, please download the Pandemic Influenza Continuity of Operations template, complete the plan, and then send it to: Mary Parrish, UNC Business Continuity Officer, at: mary.parrish[at]unc.edu. For questions about your plan, contact Mary at: 962-1628.
The benefits of drafting a Pandemic Influenza Continuity of Operations Plan include:
Your department will be better prepared to eventually draft an all-hazard Continuity of Operations Plan that would address hurricanes, ice storms, etc. Planning will likely identify changes to your procedures and operations that would make your department resistant to a disaster. Your planning could identify changes that would be prudent to better prepare other departments and the University for emergencies.
- Letter to Deans, Directors and Department Heads from the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Pandemic Influenza Planning
- UNC-CH Communicable Disease Emergency Mandatory Employee (Formerly Public Health Emergency Employee)
- Pandemic Influenza Continuity of Operations Plan template
- Your Department's Objectives: extra sheet
- Your Department's Essential Functions extra sheet
- Key Internal Dependencies: extra sheet
- Key External Dependencies: extra sheet
- Mitigation Strategies: extra sheet
- Call Tree Template
- Example of Call Tree
- Examples of Pandemic Influenza Continuity of Operations Plans
- Pandemic Influenza Emergency Plan
- UNC Pandemic Influenza Response Plan - Incident Level Responsibilities
- FAQs Pandemic Influenza Continuity of Operations Planning
- FAQs University Preparedness for Pandemic Influenza
- UNC's Pandemic Influenza Planning Assumptions
- All Hazard Emergencies vs. Pandemic Influenza Emergency
Home Emergency Planning for Individuals and Families
- Pandemic Flu Planning Checklist: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Protect Your Family and Property - FEMA
- Preparing for a Disaster - American Red Cross
For more information:
- Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
- Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic (OSHA)
- Powerpoint Presentation: Pandemic Influenza Planning at UNC-CH
- CSHEMA Pandemic Influenza Resources for Colleges and Universities
- EHS's Avian Flu/Pandemic Flu page
If you need more help or would like to send us comments about our planning efforts and the documents noted above please click here. Thank you.