[BCP] Q&A: What kind of disaster should I envision when formulating a BCP?
Posted: May 2023, 7
The ideal of creating a BCP is to build a system that can respond to all kinds of threats that may befall your business.
In Japan, threats include natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods, infectious diseases, large-scale power outages, and wide-area terrorism.
However, it is not easy to create a BCP that assumes all cases from the beginning.
Therefore, first of all, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has published guidelines.Natural disastersとInfectionIt is common to create two separate versions.
When the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred, many problems arose, including difficulty in evacuating residents of facilities for the disabled and difficulty finding accommodation for users who could no longer live in facilities for the disabled due to the earthquake. did.
Users living in facilities for the disabled cannot easily evacuate on their own in the event of a disaster.
Furthermore, if the provision of welfare services is suspended due to a disaster or other reason, not only will the safety and lives of users be at risk, but it will also place a heavy physical and financial burden on their families. Masu.
During the coronavirus pandemic, clusters of cases also occurred at welfare facilities for people with disabilities.
The threat of infectious diseases is not just limited to the infection of users, but also the serious problem of the inability to provide stable services due to long-term absence of employees due to illness.
It is important to consider countermeasures for natural disasters and infectious diseases by referring to cases like these.
Regarding natural disasters, we have created a plan focusing on disasters that are expected to cause damage over a wide area, such as a ``Tokyo Inland Earthquake'' and ``Nankai Trough Giant Earthquake,'' and we have prepared a list of natural disasters that can be expected to cause damage over a wide area, such as a ``Tokyo Inland Earthquake'' or ``Nankai Trough Giant Earthquake.'' It would be a good idea to derive it.
Regarding infectious diseases, I think it would be easier to create a guideline based on the new coronavirus infection and applying it to other infectious diseases.
The BCP you create is not just a manual.“Considering the actual situation of the business”It will be a manual.
In the case of natural disasters, each district, town and village publishes materials such as damage estimates, so it is necessary to create a plan based on the specific damage estimates.
In addition, regarding infectious diseases, we collect information from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and organizations that disseminate infection control information, etc., and determine the extent to which we need to respond ourselves and when to request cooperation from cooperating medical institutions. You need to make specific assumptions, such as:
It takes time to collect various information and take measures while running your business, so we recommend that you develop your plan under the guidance of a consultant like us.Please contact us by all means once.
