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These organizations should work with their tribal, local, state, and federal partners
and the private sector in developing and coordinating continuity plans. This coor-
dination helps facilitate the resourcing and allocation of resources for the develop-
ment of continuity plans and the procurement of emergency response equipment,
as appropriate.
Elected Officials/Executive Continuity Team
At all jurisdictional levels, elected officials are responsible for ensuring that con-
tinuity programs are appropriately resourced, and that responsible and effective
continuity leaders and managers are appointed or hired to direct those programs.
Elected officials should develop an executive continuity team for the jurisdiction
that encompasses all of the departments, divisions, or other offices within the juris-
diction. The elected officials should sign off on the final plans and policies devel-
oped by the executive continuity team and each of the participating organizations'
continuity of operations plans within the jurisdiction.
Planning Team
The continuity planning team coordinates continuity planning and duties for the
entire organization. These duties include
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Overall continuity coordination for the organization.
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Providing guidance and support for the development of the organization's
continuity plan.
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Establishing designated members who serve on the planning team for their
organization or office, and will serve as members of the principal continu-
ity coordinating organization and forum for exchanging ideas and infor-
mation regarding continuity planning, procedures, and resources for that
organization.
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Coordinating continuity exercises, documenting postexercise lessons learned,
and conducting periodic evaluations of organizational continuity capabilities.
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Understanding the role that adjacent jurisdictions and organizations might
be expected to play in certain types of emergency conditions and what sup-
port those adjacent organizations might provide.
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Understanding the limits of their continuity resources and support capabilities.
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Anticipating the point at which adjacent organizational or mutual aid resources
will be required.
When developing continuity teams, it is essential that planners include contact
information for each member, as well as an individual description of each member's
role for serving on the team. An example layout of a continuity planning team is
shown in Table 3.2.
