Disaster Declaration

1. Disaster Declaration is the process to activate the BC, DR or CM plan after a disaster or emergency had occurred. BL-B-5 Click to know more Notes: The organization via the Disaster Declaration Officer can request for a disaster declaration from the Crisis Management Team with a preliminary damage assessment from the Damage Assessment Team. Related Terms: Disaster Declaration Officer, Alert, Activation, Damage Assessment. BCM Institute's Professional Training and Certification BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 5: Plan Development CL 2B: Intermediate (BC) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 5: Plan Development CL 2C: Intermediate (CM) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 5: Plan Development CL 2CC: Intermediate (CC) BCMBoK Competency Level BCMBoK 5: Plan Development CL 2D: Intermediate (DR) Click to know more about expert level training (Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)

A Manager’s Guide to ISO 22301 Standard for Business Continuity Management System

Types of Plans

2. A formal announcement by pre-authorized personnel that a disaster or severe outage is predicted or has occurred and that triggers pre-arranged mitigating actions (e.g. a move to an alternate site.

(Source: Disaster Recovery Institute International / Disaster Recovery Journal - DRII/DRJ)