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 It’s not a matter of “IF” a disaster or emergency will happen but “WHEN.”

 Will your business be ready WHEN it does?  

WHY BE PREPARED?  Emergencies, disasters and disruptions happen every day threatening the operations, employee safety, financial stability, and reputation of companies of every size. 

Assumptions such as “It won’t happen to us” or “Preparedness is only for big business” or “Our insurance will take care of everything” result in negative impacts such as injured employees, fines, loss of reputation, degraded operations, or permanent closure of your business.

Businesses should be proactive and prepare to respond and recover when those threats happen. Trusting to luck is not a strategy – proactive management to lower your risk and strengthen your business is!

SOLUTIONS:  Accinctus can help your company reduce risk and be prepared for disasters and disruptions.  It doesn’t matter how big your business is or whether you have no preparedness processes in place or you have a full business continuity program, Accinctus can evaluate your risks, develop preparedness solutions, and improve your overall resiliency.

WHY ACCINCTUS:  Our fundamental principle is that preparedness is for businesses and organizations of every size.  Professional business continuity best practices and lessons learned should be customized to fit your company rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.

The Accinctus ADAPTABLE_© business continuity model applies those principles and professional practices to achieve your requirements and preparedness goals.

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If you have children in your home, you likely have been inundated the last week or two with school shopping, new backpacks and lunchboxes, and dealing with emotional roller coasters of kids being excited to go back to school and the next minute wandering aimlessly wondering where the summer went (or is that us parents?).  This time of year is certainly a mad dash of completing paperwork and adjusting schedules (and alarm clocks) to put all the pieces together so our kids make it back to school without a hitch, and I’m sure you did wonderful. 

As much as I know everyone hates them, it’s now time for our first pop-quiz.  Pencils up – ready?

1.  Does your child’s school have an emergency plan or a short emergency checklist for parents?

2.  Does your child’s school have an emergency notification system and are you signed up for it?

3.  Does your child (children) know what to do and how you will get to them if there is an emergency or disaster?  Do you know what you’ll do?

I certainly hope everyone scored a 100% on our quiz.  It’s on the honor system so if not, you’ve got homework to do. 

The fact is from a continuity and preparedness standpoint, schools have to deal with all the same threats that any business has to deal with:  fire, tornados, severe storms, blizzards, hurricanes, power outages, and violence.  Schools also have other challenges to plan for that most business professionals would run from – food recalls, flu season, food allergies, lost and found, not to mention those pesky outbreaks of head lice.  The even greater challenge that schools must work with is that unlike a business who can inform their adult employees of the company procedures and expect everyone to follow them (mostly), schools have a large percentage of their occupants who may not be old enough to handle themselves in a stressful situation.  I think of school preparedness plans more like hospitals and nursing homes, very small staff versus lots of people needing to be taken care of. 

So once you take that deep breath after it all begins, don’t forget to ask at the school what their plans are and what your role as a parent is and what you need to know. I guarantee they will be happy to have someone ask those questions (unless they haven’t thought about it either, which means they have homework to do as well). 

Accinctus LLC is a Veteran Owned Small Business founded in 2013 providing business continuity planning, assessment, and consulting services to businesses and other organizations of all sizes across the United States.

Accinctus is Latin meaning prepared, ready, or well-girded.  Our logo, a Roman road reaching out to the horizon.  Built with skill by a tested process, Roman roads have weathered the challenges of time and changing use, from carts to cars and are a true symbol of resilience.  Our name and our logo are reminders of our vision to help you build a strong, resilient road to your future success. 

Mission

Our mission is to provide professional business continuity expertise and capabilities to help our clients prepare their organization to effectively respond to and recover from disruptions or disasters. 

Our values and guiding principles are:

Integrity and ethical principles will not be compromised.

Preparedness is for every business and organization, no matter the size or their industry.

Bios

Brian Siravo

Accinctus provides a full range of business continuity services tailored to fit your requirements and culture helping your business be prepared for disasters and disruptive events.  We partner with you to find a scaled solution to your business continuity needs rather than forcing a cookie-cutter approach. 

Our services are structured to fit the diverse requirements of clients including:

Micro & Small Businesses

Small-to-Medium Businesses (SMBs)

Large Businesses & Enterprises

Faith-Based & Non-Profit Organizations

Business Preparedness and Continuity Services include:

• Accinctus Continuity Advisor Services

• Training, seminars, and workshops

• Risk Assessments and Business Impact Analysis

• Business Continuity Program Implementation & Management

• Plan development for Emergency Action Plans (EAP) & Business Continuity Plans (BCP)

• Exercise design and facilitation and application of lessons learned through a formal After Action Review (AAR) process

• Emergency operations / incident management assistance

• Program reviews and audits to business continuity standards such as ISO 22301, NFPA 1600, PS-Prep