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Risk Assessment Management

Protecting Communications Before Disaster Strikes

By | Article, Risk Assessment Management

by Judy K. Bell, CEM

Disaster Survival Planning Network

In today’s business environment, communications and information technology equipment transcend all organizational boundaries. Plans to restore both need to be an integral part of every organization’s business recovery plans. Some businesses believe they cannot afford the time to create recovery plans, then find out later that …

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How To Plan To Keep Communications Open After Disaster Strikes

By | Article, Risk Assessment Management

by Judy K. Bell, CEM

Disaster Survival Planning Network

PROCEEDINGS: 1993 NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE CONFERENCE; Earthquake Hazard Reduction in the Central and Eastern United States: A Time for Examination and Action. May 2-5, 1993, Volume 1, pp. 339-348

ABSTRACT

Experience has taught us after every major earthquake that the public telephone network will be congested. Both …

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Communications Assessment Questionnaire

By | Article, Risk Assessment Management

Communications Assessment Questionnaire

by Judy K. Bell, CEM

Disaster Survival Planning Network

1. Who is responsible for ensuring that back-up communications are established?

2. What are your existing communications capabilities?

A. Voice________________________________________________

B. Data_________________________________________________

C. Image Transmission____________________________________

3. Take an inventory of your existing back-up communications:

A. Radio_______________________________________________

B. Cellular______________________________________________

C. Amateur Radio________________________________________

D. Datafax______________________________________________…

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Business Continuity Overview

By | Article, Risk Assessment Management

Disaster Survival Planning Network (DSPN)

Defining the Project

Every organization is unique in its structure, culture, processes, products and services, and physical facilities. To build an effective disaster recovery plan, each organization needs to create documents that will fit their own unique requirements and train key personnel for the kinds of disasters that they anticipate.…

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Long-Term Recovery: Getting Back to Normal

By | Article, Risk Assessment Management

by Judy K. Bell, CEM

Disaster Survival Planning Network

In past disasters businesses, schools, and public agencies set up temporary operations immediately after a disaster any way and anywhere they could. In the first weeks following the Northridge earthquake, makeshift cardboard signs were used extensively to convey critical information about hours of business and temporary …

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What the EHS Professional Needs to Know About Bioterrorism

By | Article, Risk Assessment Management

“Business as usual” no longer applies to companies worldwide struggling with the effects of the latest bioterrorism threat. Providing a safe environment for employees has become top priority, with information being channeled to us through media outlets around the clock. Understanding the real threat, preparing for evidence of exposure, and providing a straight forward remedy …

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Step-by-Step Crisis Response at San Francisco Chemical Release

By | Case Study, Risk Assessment Management

McDaniel Lambert, Inc.

Guided refinery step-by-step through crisis response after 16-day chemical release at time when facility did not have a crisis response plan. Led the crisis media efforts by regularly serving as spokesperson to local and national media and providing training to others. Coordinated human health risk assessment and animal toxicity studies. Established community …

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Crisis Communications Program for Fertilizer Company in Canada and the United States

By | Case Study, Risk Assessment Management

McDaniel Lambert, Inc.

Developed comprehensive crisis communication and community outreach programs for one of the world’s largest producers and retailers of agricultural fertilizer. Decentralized crisis communications program and customized crisis response to meet the needs of fifteen production facilities, and an extensive storage and transportation infrastructure.…

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