Business Continuity Plan Development

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A Business Continuity Plan (BC Plan) is a plan that allows an organization to function if adverse conditions occur. Many people immediately imagine tornadoes, hurricanes, fires, and other Acts of God, when thinking of potential disasters. This diminishes the importance of a BC Plan because these events are unlikely, and in their eyes, probably won’t happen. The truth is that the overwhelming majority of “disasters” are actually software and/or hardware failure. For an IT infrastructure to fail it doesn’t necessarily take a natural disaster. IT disaster can be something as simple as a virus or a bad software patch. In other words, a disaster is a very real thing, regardless of your geographic location.

A proper Business Continuity Plan should be assembled from many different sources. Teams should meet with C-level management and ask very basic questions. What are your expectations for when a disaster occurs? What is the longest you can be…

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What Will Be Best Form of Communication If the Grid Goes Down?

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By Joshua Krause –Ready Nutrition

What is the lowest common denominator of our civilization, or any civilization for that matter? By that I mean, what is the one thing no society can go without? Is it water and sanitation? Fuel and transportation? Food and electricity?

I would argue that absolutely nothing we have is possible without our ability to communicate. A society’s sophistication is directly proportional to the ability of its citizens to communicate with each other. Members of a primitive, nomadic society may only be able to speak to each other in person, whereas an advanced industrial society has telephones, radios, and the internet. And don’t think for a moment that high tech societies create these devices. On the contrary, these devices create high tech societies.

So we should ask ourselves what the most useful forms of communication would be, should the grid ever go down permanently; not…

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Being Prepared When You Are Away from Home

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You have to be prepared to walk back home.

By Pat Henry – The Prepper Journal

Most of us who are into prepping are gathering some form of supplies. I always recommend gaining skills important to survival as well, but a good stored cache of food, water, means for shelter and security are at the top of my list. We consume things as humans and the natural tendency to prepare for emergencies, where the normal things we consume are unavailable, is to store extra. How much you are able to put away or feel is prudent to stock up on is up to the individual prepper.

The common denominator is that we need to store these prepping supplies somewhere. Sure you could roll through life with nothing more than your Altoid survival tin and your confident smile, but this article isn’t for you. This article is for the preppers who have stored supplies, usually in our homes, sometimes…

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Course Review: AWR-147 Rail Car Incident Response

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This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend AWR-147 Rail Car Incident Response conducted by the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC) and Findlay University.  This is a one day awareness level course that focused on response to incidents involving freight rail cars and hazardous materials.

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All in all this was a good course which I recommend to anyone who has the opportunity to attend it.  For those not familiar with the RDPC you can find their website at https://www.ruraltraining.org/.  Although only an awareness level course, it is suitable for any responder or emergency manager who has a jurisdiction with freight rail lines.  It’s also quite suitable as additional training for HazMat teams, as the information provided relative to the identification of the different types of rail cars and potential hazards associated with them is excellent.

The course construction follows the usual DHS format, including a…

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Home Defense On A Budget: 20 Inexpensive Tips

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By Cache Valley Prepper – SurvivoPedia

Home defense is a part of self-reliance that we all deal with on a daily basis, and self-reliance is the king of all things DIY (Do-It-Yourself).

Since it applies to us all, regardless of how much money we have, this article will address how a prudent measure of home security can be achieved on a budget.

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Korean Actress Jung In Ah Dies in Skydiving Accident

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This was honestly the most depressing thing I’ve read all day and I am truly so sorry to hear about this. Korean actress and model Jung In Ah was found deceased after being reported missing following a skydiving trip.

It has been confirmed by several sources that Jung In Ah’s body was found on June 16, three days after she went missing while taking part in skydiving training in Goheung, South Jeolla Province. Her body was found floating in the sea, tangled up with her parachute. Bad weather is thought to be the primary cause of the accident.

(click here to see the full article at soompi.com)

I was really really really hoping this wasn’t true so I procrastinated talking about it. I was hoping beyond hope that maybe just maybe the “sources” were confused or it got misinterpreted or something.

My heart truly breaks for her family.

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Embedding Emergency Management to Business Continuity Programs

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Business ContinuManagement is a continuous management process which should be directed at the organization’s critical business processes with an aim to ensure the continuity of the business. With the characteristics of prevention, BCM limits the damages resulted from disruptive business events. BCM is a continuous management process which should be directed at the organization’s critical business processes with an aim to ensure the continuity of the business. With the characteristics of prevention, BCM limits the damages resulted from disruptive business events. The BCM definitions from the period 1995 to 2005 share the same management process which is “holistic”. And the aim is the same as well which is to prevent business disruptions and protect the organizations. However, the definitions are more detailed and include stakeholders, reputation, brand and value creating activities after 1995. From 2005, the definitions include the term “protective”.). The BCM definitions from the period 1995 to 2005 share the same management process which is “holistic”. And the aim is the same as well which is to prevent business disruptions and protect the organizations. However, the definitions are more detailed and include stakeholders, reputation, brand and value creating activities after 1995. From 2005, the definitions include the term “protective”.

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