A county facilities team cancels its quarterly emergency-response drills repeatedly, saying it will resume “when things calm down.” What readiness principle is being violated?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Waiting for calm before you practice is like waiting for a sunny day to learn to swim. Busy seasons are exactly when drills get skipped—and when you most need the muscle memory. Cadence is maintenance; canceling “until things settle” quietly erodes readiness.
Full Explanation
Maintaining business procedures and continuity readiness includes scheduled practice, not only document revisions. Repeated cancellation of drills until operations feel quiet leaves role familiarity, communications paths, and equipment checks untested. Risk managers should protect drill cadence as a control maintenance activity and treat chronic deferral as a readiness gap, not a temporary scheduling inconvenience.