Risk Management
Risk management focuses on protecting people, property, and operations. Facility managers identify hazards, lead emergency preparedness, and ensure facility resilience to maintain a safe and resilient built environment.
Subdomains of Risk Management
Risk Management Planning
Facility managers identify potential threats—such as safety hazards, equipment failures or environmental risks—and create plans to reduce harm. This includes evaluating what could go wrong, choosing how to respond and protecting people, property and systems from loss or damage.
Facility Resilience & Business Continuity
This subdomain focuses on keeping facilities strong during crises and ensuring the business can keep running. Managers must understand how to design systems that can withstand disasters (like storms or earthquakes) and have backup plans to recover quickly and continue operations.
Emergency Preparedness, Response & Recovery
Facility managers plan for emergencies and disasters—whether natural, chemical or societal. They create response plans to protect people and systems, and they coordinate recovery efforts to restore critical services such as water, electricity and communications.