May 9, 2007
These NewsBriefs are produced and delivered weekly by
Attainium to keep our friends and clients
current on topics relating to Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Crisis Management.
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 well.
This presentation provides a good home-preparedness overview. (Item #1)
More people die of home fires than any other home event; how can you survive? (Item #2)
Worried about pandemic flu? Read this guide instead for tips on how to avoid it. (Item #3)
Where's all your financial info and money if you need it fast? (Item #4)
With summer not far away, heat can become a health issue if you're not careful. (Item #5)
Here's a checklist of basics to have on hand in case of an emergency. (Item #6)
As always, we look forward to hearing about your concerns
with regards to business continuity. If you have a topic
you'd like to see covered, please email me at
[email protected]
Best Regards,
Bob Mellinger
President
Attainium Corp
Quote of the Week
"For safety is not a gadget but a state of mind."
- Eleanor Everet -
Articles
1. Employee Preparedness at Home
Northrup Grumman makes available to its employees the information at this link.
Share this with your employees as well; it has a great deal of good information.
http://www.is.northropgrumman.com/emp_info/individual_preparedness.ppt
2. Home Fire Prevention and Preparedness
Since 80 percent of all fire deaths occur in the home, these tips should be particularly welcome.
The National Safety Council has facts and suggestions to help you and your family survive a fire.
http://www.nsc.org/library/facts/fires.htm
3. Family Preparedness Guide Fact Sheet
An influenza pandemic is a global outbreak of disease that occurs when a new influenza virus,
to which people have little or no immunity, appears in the human population. It causes a serious
illness that spreads easily from person to person worldwide. The Red Cross provides this fact sheet
to help prevent the spread of the disease.
http://www.redcross.org/news/ds/panflu/pdfs/pan_flu_fam_prepared_fs.pdf
4. Financial Preparations
Most of us keep food and water on hand, but have we really thought about
the financial aspects of a disaster? Do you have cash? Copies of important papers ready
to take with you? Here are some tips to help with those preparations.
http://www.prepare.org/basic/finanprep.htm
5. Surviving the Hot Weather
Heat illness includes a range of disorders that result when your body is exposed to more heat
than it can handle. The human body is constantly engaged in a life-and-death struggle to disperse
the heat that it produces. If allowed to accumulate, the heat would quickly increase your body
temperature beyond its comfortable 98.6� F. With summer coming, brush up on how to stay cool.
http://www.nsc.org/library/facts/hot.htm
6. Get a Kit
When preparing for a possible emergency situation, it's best to think first about the basics of
survival: fresh water, food, clean air and warmth. Ready.gov provides this list of basics to have on hand.
http://www.ready.gov/america/getakit/index.html
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