Comprehensive Guide To Emergency Preparedness And Disaster Recovery

This new edition of a bestseller book addresses the complexities of disaster preparedness and business continuity. Updated with the latest statistics, the new edition includes an overview of natural disasters, coverage of computer and data protection expanded to include cyber-attacks on the private sector, and information on managing data privacy. It also includes the latest information on dirty bombs, chemical and biological agents and weapons, disaster planning and recovery issues, regulatory influences and emergency preparedness. This reference highlights the importance of prevention as well as controlling the effects of a disaster on a company’s operations.

1-Disaster Planning and Recovery Issues2-Regulatory Influences3-Emergency Preparedness4-The Nature of Disasters5-Fire/Life Safety6-Bomb Threats7-Evacuation8-Earthquakes9-Computer and Data Protection10-Standby Power Systems11-Loss Prevention Strategies12-Crisis Planning and Damage Control13-Putting the Plan TogetherAppendix I-Sources of Assistance and InformationAppendix II-Self-Inspection Checklists

Prepare your company for an emergency, and plan for your business's recovery before disaster strikes. This handbook provides your business with a strategic guide to preparing for and recovering from any emergency or disaster. A business survival "checklist," Emergency Preparedness for Facilities provides step-by-step instructions for developing prevention and response plans for all types of emergencies and disasters. It helps you create an organization-wide emergency management plan that ensures that all procedures are in place and all equipment and personnel needs are addressed so that your company can respond to an emergency situation quickly and instinctively.

Ready for anything. Both natural and man-made disasters seem to occur with greater frequency. While these disasters can be devastating, the vast majority of casualties are caused by a lack of preparation. The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Disaster Preparedness teaches readers the right steps to prepare the home or office for a disaster, and about issues relating to insurance, evacuation plans, and building an emergency to-go pack. By an internationally acknowledged expert author Practical, comprehensive, hands-on advice applicable to most disasters Meets the demands of a vast and expanding market for this genre

Written for facility managers, safety compliance officers, risk managers, engineers and consultants as a ready guide to emergency response planning and management. Covers all aspects of preventing, planning for, and recovering from a disaster. A new chapter has been added on bioterrorism that addresses assessing and managing bioterrorism-related risk.

Written from the perspective of prevention, Disaster & Recovery Planning: A Guide for Facility Managers focuses on identifying the issues that create hazards, and defines the strategies that all companies can use to address disaster response and recovery. Although written for facility managers, this book also targets other professionals that are responsible for designing, installing, and maintaining programs and systems within an organization. These include safety compliance officers, risk managers, consultants, engineers, maintenance executives and human resources managers. This volume can also guide top management in heightening awareness to issues of prevention, and it can assist them in meeting their responsibilities for ensuring the safety of their employees, tenant/occupants, or companies.

Emergency Preparedness: A Safety Planning Guide for People, Property, and Business Continuity provides step-by-step instructions for developing prevention and response plans for all types of emergencies and disasters. It helps the reader to create an organization-wide emergency management plan that ensures that all procedures are in place and all equipment and personnel needs are addressed so that your company can respond to an emergency situation quickly and instinctively. You will feel confident that your employees are trained and prepared to put your company's plan into action and protect all workers, property, and the life of the company in the face of any natural or non-natural event.