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05/23/2007 - Shelter In Place Most of us develop and rehearse evacuation plans. The same is not true for shelter-in-place (SIP) in the event weather, chemical spills, or other events force us to remain inside our buildings instead of evacuating them. What do we need on hand? Are there any circumstances under which we will let people out or in? What coordination is required with first responders? If you want to develop - or improve - an SIP plan, this issue will be of help. Read Full Issue 05/16/2007 - Pandemic Planning According to the World Health Organization (WHO), once a virus allows for efficient human-to-human transmission, a pandemic can occur. Because of high global mobility and interconnection, illness could spread quickly and, if the virus has a high fatality rate, threaten millions of lives around the world. In addition, a pandemic would have a great impact on the day-to-day business of most organizations. Experts now are advising that we all must have a component in our business continuity plans that deals specifically with a pandemic threat. This issue will help you develop such plans. Read Full Issue 05/09/2007 - Personal & Family Disaster Planning Your organization is ready for a disaster if it occurs. Are your employees as prepared at home? The following articles contain much helpful information that can improve the preparedness of your employees and their families and provide them with peace of mind. Share these with them - and with your family as wel Read Full Issue 05/02/2007 - Business Continuity Planning The advantages of having a business continuity plan are many, but the best reason to develop such a plan is to ensure the continuity of your operations after a major – or even a minor – disruption. Various compliance initiatives have made even the most resistant of organizations recognize the importance of planning to recover from a crisis. Here is some guidance those with plans to refine and improve, and those without plans that need a running start. Read Full Issue 04/25/2007 - High Profile Crisis Response The horrific tragedy at Virginia Tech last week has universities across the country re-thinking their crisis response plans, especially the communications aspect of those plans. This is a good lesson for all of us – how would you have been able to answer the questions put to Virginia Tech’s president? It can happen anywhere, to anyone, at any time, with little or no warning. Read Full Issue 04/18/2007 - Communications No business continuity plan is complete unless it addresses the issue of communication… external communication and, most important, internal communication. The goal of any crisis communication plan should be to help you get back to business. This issue will help in getting your communication plan ready. Read Full Issue 04/11/2007 - Terrorism Terrorism isn’t necessarily top-of-mind when no terrorist activity has been in the news, but we can’t forget how important it is to keep our preparations updated. Many businesses today are developing and improving their business continuity plans, and terrorism response should be a part of those activities. This issue covers various aspects of terrorism and terrorism response. Read Full Issue 04/04/2007 - Workplace Violence A Society for Human Resource Management study showed that more than half of US companies have experienced workplace violence in some form. According to an American Society of Industrial Security survey the top strategy of respondents (25%) for preventing workplace violence is "employee training." Next (15%) was "zero tolerance," and third (13%) was controlling access to buildings. Workplace violence costs approximately $36 billion per year, according to the most recent study of the Workplace Violence Research Institute. Don't let your organization become part of these statistics. Read Full Issue 03/28/2007 - Testing, Training and Exercising If a survey of your employees finds they cannot answer these questions, you’ll immediately understand why training and testing of your disaster/emergency response plan is necessary. Who has authority to call 911? Do you know who to contact to report an emergency situation? Where are copies of the DR plan located? How can you contact management during/after an emergency? One solution to this lack of knowledge is practice, practice, practice! Read Full Issue 03/21/2007 - Emergency Communication Systems This week we’re taking a look at emergency communication systems, in response to a suggestion from Mark Eggleston of Health Partners Inc. in Philadelphia. Whenever Attainium conducts its Disaster Experience interactive tabletop exercise, the issue of communication is raised because many people don’t think beyond the “we’ll use cell phones” if their phone systems go down. But when everything goes down, then what? Read Full Issue
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