•  Does your firm have a disaster recovery plan in place? 

•  Do you know how your firm would continue if it was affected by floods or fire? 

•  Does your COLP know they are personally liable if there is no business continuity plan in place?

BELFOR RED ALERT  will not only allow your firm to be up and running quicker in the event of an incident, but it will also help you become compliant with the SRA Code of Conduct 2011 O(7.5), IB(7.3) - a necessity for all law firms, no matter how small or large. 

Having BELFOR RED ALERT in place can also help your firm meet The Lexcel Practice Management Standard, that imposes business continuity planning requirements on all accredited firms. 

Additionally, if your firm is working towards BS25999, the BSI business continuity management standard, BELFOR can help you put the necessary plan in place in case disaster does strike.

Whether you are looking at SRA Code of Conduct 2011, Lexcel Practice Management standard or BS25999 all 3 standards have similar goals in place. 

A plan to continue operations if adverse conditions occur, such as a storm, a fire or crime. To ensure loss of revenue is minimised,clients are retained, market share is undamaged, and reputation is not adversely affected.

BELFOR’s Emergency priority response programme RED ALERT helps firms to execute a business continuity plan by giving you:

•  Three hour response to your affected branch 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days per year

•  Loss Mitigation clear and safely dispose of debris and make safe areas.  Stabilise the environment and prevent secondary damage (Corrosion and mould growth) Protect and recover valuable assets and documents from contaminated areas to avoid secondary damage and cross contamination

•  Damage assessment and a full written report on all affected areas and equipment, their damage status and the recovery options available to you.  This also forms the basis of an insurance claim and proves mitigation of secondary damage, minimising cost and lifecycle of the claim.

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