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Santa Rosa is excited to present the EscaRosa Business Continuity Initiative as a venue for businesses in Santa Rosa County to be involved with developing plans and sharing ideas to keep businesses in the county open during and after a disaster.
EscaRosa BCI is an organization that includes all the Chambers of Commerce, and emergency management from Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties, the COADs in each county (BRACE and SAFER Santa Rosa), as well as some key businesses and organizations, like: the UWF Small Business Development Center, the Better Business Bureau, and Gulf Power, in the workgroup. |
Mission: To develop active partnerships within the Escambia and Santa Rosa County business community for enhancing disaster resiliency and continuity.
Vision: The most sustainable, disaster-resilient business community in America.
The organizational structure of the EscaRosa BCI is such that it allows a free exchange of ideas, centralized planning, and cooperation before, during, and after disasters.
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The Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COADs) BRACE (Be Ready Alliance Coordinating for Emergencies) and SAFER (Support Alliance For Emergency Readiness) have committees that are dedicated to preparedness and business continuity. They are also chamber members or have the chambers as members, making them great collaborative leads for each county.
The state of Florida has an Emergency Support Function (ESF) 18 dedicated to business and industry. When the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is activated for a disaster or emergency each county in the BCI also has an ESF 18 desk. During disasters, with the BCI relationships established, it will be easier to share information about resources between counties, thus allowing local money to stay local, versus having to request aid from out of the region.
One of the EscaRosa BCI initiatives is the re-launch of the highly successful Business Emergency Response Toolkit (BERT) bag. In 2008 Santa Rosa County emergency management and a group of sponsors developed and distributed over 2000 BERT bags throughout Santa Rosa County. These bags carried Business Continuity information from FEMA and DHS, as well as some locally developed material. BERT bags were distributed free of charge through the chambers to any business that wanted one, regardless of membership status. Those who received a BERT bag were asked to register their bag through the emergency management webpage and answer a few questions. In return, they received an email with the telephone numbers to the ESF 18 desk. |
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We welcome your input and ideas on what initatives the EscaRosa BCI can pursue to help make our community the most resilient community in America!
We invite you to visit EscaRosa Business Continuity Workgroup members' web pages.
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