The purpose of developing a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan is to ensure the continuation of the normal operations during and following any critical incident that results in disruption to operational capability. Business Continuity Management (BCM) is critical to responsible management practice and is an important element in the Shire’s integrated approach to risk management.
Business Continuity Management deals specifically with business disruption risks.
The Shire of Kojonup recognises that some events may exceed the capacity of routine management methods and structure. The Policy and Plan aim to provide a mechanism for the development of contingent capacity and plans that will enable management to focus on maintaining and resuming the Shire’s most critical functions; whilst working in a planned way toward eventual restoration of operations and ensuring unaffected operations are able to continue.
This Plan reinforces the Shire’s Risk Management Policy and aligns the Shire’s management practice with Australian Standards AS/NZS 5050:2010 Business-Continuity- Managing-disruption-related-risk.