COOP Resources

Use these checklists and templates to assist and guide planning in the Assess, Build, and Maintain phases of the COOP planning process. Adapt the checklists and templates to fit your specific organizational or departmental needs.

Tracking Progress

• COOP Plan Checklist. Used to track progress during the Assess-Build-Maintain COOP Planning Process

Anticipated Challenges

• Use this Anticipated Challenges Activity to identify potential challenges you are likely to encounter in your organization as you undertake a COOP planning process.

Plan the Process

• COOP Plan the Process Checklist
• COOP Planning Team

Assess Phase

• Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA)

  • Kaiser Permanente HVA Tool and Instruction Sheet

  Essential Functions

  • COOP Essential Functions Worksheet
  • COOP Essential Functions Worksheet Category One and Two
  • COOP Essential Staff Worksheet
  • COOP Organization/Department Regular Functions

• Support Functions

  • COOP Support Functions Worksheets (Option One)
  • COOP Support Functions Worksheet (Option Two)

Build Phase

• Concept of Operations (CONOPS)

  • COOP Notifications
  • COOP Supplier Assessment Worksheet
  • COOP Policies and Procedures Checklist

• Organizational Foundation Information

  • COOP Delegation of Authority Worksheet (Option One)
  • COOP Delegation of Authority Worksheet (Option Two)

• Communications

  • COOP Communications Worksheet
  • COOP Interoperable Communications Worksheet
  • COOP Shelter in Place Evacuation Notification System

• Alternate Facilities

  • COOP Alternate Facility Information
  • COOP Alternate Facility Worksheet
  • COOP Alternate Work Site Worksheet
  • COOP Activation and Relocation Review
  • COOP Reconstitution Procedures
  • COOP Restoration-Recovery Worksheet

• Vital Records

  • COOP Equipment Worksheet
  • COOP Records and Data Base Worksheet
  • COOP Checklist for Identifying and Protecting Vital Records
  • COOP Records

• Staffing

  • COOP Staffing Worksheet
  • COOP Counseling Worksheet

Maintain Phase

• Training and Exercises

  • COOP Communications EEG

• Maintenance and Updates

  • COOP Corrective Action Plan
  • COOP Improvement Plan

COOP Links

Use the following links to gain more information on COOP planning and resources.

• FEMA Continuity of Operations Division
• U.S. Fire Administration/FEMA Continuity of Operations Video Series
• U.S. Fire Administration/FEMA Continuity of Operations Video Series / Delegation of Authority and Orders of Succession
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of Health and Human Services Frequently asked questions on COOP
• 2001 HVA Analysis by Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• Sustaining Critical Services: Continuity of Operations For Public Health
• Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP)
• National Fire Protection Association NFPA 1600: Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs
• International Organization for Standardization: Guidelines for information and communication technology readiness for business continuity
• ASIS Business Continuity Guidelines
• New Jersey Primary Care Association COOP Templates