Incident Management and Task Prioritization Template

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Ensure a streamlined and effective response during incidents by prioritizing and managing tasks efficiently. This template helps Risk Managers track and address the most urgent and important tasks first, coordinating efforts across teams and agencies.

Utilize this template to activate emergency response teams, assess incidents, mobilize resources, manage public information, and plan for recovery, all while documenting and reviewing the process to improve future incident management.

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Proposed Tasks

Critical and Immediate

  • Task 1: Emergency Response Coordination due in 1 day
    ☐ Activate emergency response team ☐ Coordinate with other agencies ☐ Establish communication lines
  • Task 2: Incident Assessment due in 2 days
    ☐ Identify type and scale of incident ☐ Assess immediate risks and impacts ☐ Determine resource requirements
  • Task 3: Resource Mobilization due in 2 days
    ☐ Mobilize necessary resources ☐ Assign roles and responsibilities ☐ Deploy resources to the scene
  • Task 5: Incident Containment due in 1 week
    ☐ Implement containment measures ☐ Monitor effectiveness of containment ☐ Adjust strategy as necessary

Critical but not Immediate

  • Task 4: Public Information Management due in 3 days
    ☐ Develop public information strategy ☐ Release information to public and media ☐ Respond to inquiries
  • Task 6: Incident Recovery Planning due in 1 week
    ☐ Develop recovery plan ☐ Identify resources for recovery ☐ Coordinate recovery efforts

Not Critical but Immediate

  • Task 7: Incident Documentation due in 2 weeks
    ☐ Document incident details ☐ Maintain incident log ☐ Prepare incident report

Not Critical, Not Immediate

  • Task 8: Incident Debrief due in 3 weeks
    ☐ Conduct incident debrief ☐ Identify lessons learned ☐ Update incident management protocols
  • Task 10: Training and Capacity Building due in 1 month
    ☐ Conduct training based on lessons learned ☐ Build capacity for future incidents ☐ Update training materials
  • Task 9: Incident Review due in 1 month
    ☐ Review incident management performance ☐ Identify areas for improvement ☐ Implement changes