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: Steve Kenny, Director of Risk Management Services, at : skenny[at]email.unc.edu.
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.
- Pandemic Plan
- PI Planning Assumptions
- 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
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:
- 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
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.