Disaster Recovery Plan

A typical disaster plan would include the following elements:

• Emergency Sheet: Simple summary of steps to be taken and individuals to be contacted in an emergency.
• Table of Contents: Should be generated based on headings.
• Introduction of the Plan: Its purpose, process, and orgranization.
• Structure of the Planning Organization: Includes the plan maintenance process and the roles and responsibilities of team members.
• Departmental Responsibilities: Addresses the responsibilities of various departments such as human resources, administration, facilities, and information technology.
• Pre-disaster Actions: Outline of procedures to be followed in advance of emergency for which there is advance warning (e.g. hurricane, flooding), including assignment of responsibilities for those actions.
• Specific Response and Recovery Plans: These plans provide, at the functional level, the steps to be taken to maintain services and to recover normal operations. These plans summarize the procedures to be followed in the plan scenarios as well as other emergency incidents.