Anchorage and implementation

You will not get far with an emergency management plan if no one knows it exists. Which is why a big part of the planning process, is getting the plan embedded at management level and implemented throughout the organisation. This requires that the organisation's leadership has accepted the premise that it is necessary with protective measures. Therefore, it is crucial to have your arguments in order when presenting the implementation plan to management to use resources, including staff time, to get the plan thoroughly understood and adopted.

Typically, the person who has been given the responsibility – by management – to draw up the emergency management plan is responsible for implementation. In larger organisations, this will usually be a head of security or someone in a similar position.

In medium and large organisations, implementation can be facilitated by having a safety or security officer in each department, so that someone close to the employees is responsible for communicating new emergency initiatives at staff meetings.

In addition, it can be a good idea to use platforms such as intranets and e-learning modules for new employees when communicating the plan to staff. This way, you can be sure that most employees read the new initiatives.

You can read more about emergency planning in the Danish Emergency Management Agency's guide to Prepared Planning and Crisis Management here (Danish).