Zamboanga City Medical Center Earthquake Business Continuity Plan (ZCMC EQ-BCP)
Purpose, Scope and How to Use the ZCMC EQ-BCP
Purpose
The purpose of the document labeled as Zamboanga City Medical Center Earthquake Business Continuity Plan (ZCMC EQ-BCP) is to provide a guide to all staff of the ZCMC on how to prepare for and respond to a devastating earthquake affecting it.
Scope
The document contains three major themes: preparedness and response in managing internal earthquake disaster that affects ZCMC; preparedness and response in managing business / service continuity of ZCMC; and preparedness and response in managing external earthquake disaster that affects the community outside the ZCMC.
The document is constructed to consist of 2 parts.
Part 1 is ZCMC EQ-BCP Policies and Procedures which contains concepts, mandates, general policies and procedures on earthquake preparedness and response of ZCMC, and administrative aspects of the plan.
Part 2 is ZCMC EQ-BC Response and Contingency Plans which contains the specific action steps needed by all staff of ZCMC to accomplish when a devastating earthquake affects the ZCMC compound.
How to Use
All staff of ZCMC shall use the ZCMC EQ-BCP as a master guide on all matters pertaining to preparedness and response plans to a devastating earthquake affecting ZCMC.
When activated, the ZCMC EQ-BCP shall be used as a master guide in managing all earthquake disasters affecting ZCMC. It should be used by the Incident Command, Operation Center, and every staff of ZCMC.
All staff should initially read through the document from first to last page.
Then, they should focus on the roles, duties and responsibilities they are supposed to play and perform during a devastating earthquake in two capacities, first as individual staff of ZCMC with specific job specialization and second as members of a team assigned to do a special group task such as Incident Command, search and rescue, and security.
The ZCMC EQ-BCP will be used for the orientation and training of all staff of ZCMC. It will also be used in emergency exercises and drills.
The ZCMC EQ-BCP shall continually be reviewed, revised and updated. All staff should take note of the most current version of the ZCMC EQ-BCP as well as the most current updates and revisions of parts of the plan. An example of the latter is the list of key offices and persons to contact when the ZCMC EQ-BCP is activated. This will be updated every year.
ROJ@16mar13