contingency plan

noun

1. a course of action to be followed if a preferred plan fails or an existing situation changes.

2. a plan or procedure that will take effect if an emergency occurs; emergency plan.

Example Sentences

Nearly 90% of EPA staff will be furloughed; only 1,732 of 15,166 employees will report to work, according to the agency’s most recent shutdown contingency plan, issued in September.

From Los Angeles Times

Fire Department on a water contingency plan for the area, including providing water tankers while repairs are underway.

From Los Angeles Times

A meeting was held with safety experts and members of local government on Thursday morning to discuss a contingency plan.

From BBC

Hays, the owner of Chihuahua-Yorkie mix Pixie, already has a contingency plan in place for Pixie’s taxidermy upon her own death.

From Los Angeles Times

And after the team experienced several lengthy travel-day delays last year because of mechanical problems with their charter, they now have a “fail-safe” contingency plan, as Gomes described it; always having a second plane available to transport team members to their next city as scheduled.

From Los Angeles Times