BCP
Planning Checklists
Higher Education will be most severely impacted because of risks resulting from international travel by students, faculty, and staff; and with open and accessible campuses to the local community at-large.
The impact on college or university operations may include unprecedented demands on:
Faced with the need to plan for managing the consequences of a pandemic flu outbreak, the Higher Education Practice at Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc. held a “Think Tank” event on January 30 and 31, 2006. The purpose of this event was to develop a comprehensive document for colleges and universities to use in pre-planning a response to a pandemic flu outbreak. (Blueprint for Pandemic Flu Preparedness Planning for Colleges and Universities)
Among those invited to participate were a blue ribbon team of experienced representatives from colleges and universities around the country who had already begun to draft planning documents for their institution’s response to a pandemic outbreak. Large, small, public, and private institutions were represented.
The following are planning checklists that have been extracted from the Blueprint document and modified to meet U of M needs to use in helping you prepare continuity plans for your individual units. The checklists are not all inclusive, but are designed to stimulate your thinking about essential services and preparation. At a minimum, it is recommended you download the General Checklist, Protecting Staff Checklist, and Recovery Checklist, and then determine if there is another checklist specific to your unit’s mission.