Other Resources
Disaster Planning
- Praxiom Research Group Limited NFPA 1600 Disaster Management Standard in Plain English
- NEII® Position Paper on Disaster Preparedness Guidelines.
This position paper was prepared by the National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII®) Safety Committee to supply the industry with basic guidelines for preparation in the event of a natural or man-made disaster.
- Disaster
Recovery Journal Great
site to get all kinds of information on Hurricanes, Flooding, Fire, Earthquakes,
Vandalism, Planning, etc. They have business continuity planning models; sample
plans; disaster recovery stats; and international contacts
-
Contingency Planning and Management
Good site for News Archives; Disruption Defenses; Products; Vendors; Surveys;
and a very good article by John Glenn, Business Continuity Defined.
- Chief
Financial Officers They
have a special area dedicated to crisis management and information about losing
insurance, handling reservists, travel policy changes, checking background of
workers, and how to keep tabs on off-site employees.
- Business
Recovery Managers Association
Located in San Fransisco Bay area, devoted to the advancement of the theory
and practice of business recovery planning, disaster recovery planning, and
emergency response management.
- Disaster
Recovery Information Exchange
References materials and links to other sites related to topics as power protection
devices, recovery centers, and recovery software.
- Center
For Disease Control On
October 12, 2001, the CDC issued a Health Advisory on how to handle anthrax
and other biological agent threats.
- The
Business Continuity Planning GuideThe
BCP Guide is a set of dozens of web pages designed to help you plot the best
way forward in the creation of an appropriate disaster recovery and business
continuity plan.
- NFPA recommended national preparedness standard
NFPA standard recommended to 9-11 Commission for use as the national preparedness standard NFPA 1600.
- Association
of Energy Engineers Offers
links to several of its divisions specializing in security, energy and facility
management responsibilities. Check out the Security Managers Institute Division
offering a Disaster Preparedness Internet Seminar and Disaster Preparedness:
Security, Emergency, Response & Loss Minimization seminars in New York and Chicago.
Power
Preparedness (North American
Electric Reliability Council) valuable information on Compliance and Certification;
Critical infrastructure; Planning Standards; Reliability Assessments; Reliability
Legislation; and Reliability Standards.
- Rothstein Catalog on Disaster Recovery A Comprehensive Resource for news, articles, and books related to disaster recovery, service level agreements, and management consulting.
