https://completemarkets.com/company/CompleteMarkets/Articles/content-package/IMMS-Library/TabCategory/article-post/1965/HELP-WEVE-LOST-OUR-HARD-DRIVE/
... lesson we learned after losing our hard drive will be helpful to others who face the same possibility. We encourage every agency to take the following precautions: 1. Back up faithfully every day! 2. Take your latest backup and daily transaction log off premises. 3. Store all other backup tapes and floppy disks in a locked fireproof safe designed for data storage. (If you have a fire, it is entirely possible that this safe could be knocked over by those fighting the fire. If it's unlocked, the door might come open and your disks and tapes will be damaged. 4. Know how your hard disk is partitioned and set up. Know how your networking program is scheduled. Screen print' the commands and keep these printouts in a safe place. 5. Be ... had a current backup. Doing a daily backup is somewhat like purchasing a snake-bite kit: You sincerely hope you will never have to use it; but in case of need, you're more than happy to have it. This was true with us. However, as careful as we had always been about daily backups, we discovered that we were not prepared for what needed to be done to restore our system completely. A new hard drive must be configured the same as the hard drive it replaces, so that all programs you restore will operate as they were originally set up. Do you know how your agency's hard drive and network program are set up? I did not. As a result, it took many phone calls and a great deal of time working with the original installer ...
https://completemarkets.com/Article/article-post/787/Business-Continuity-Planning/
.... Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, and other disruptive events represen...ned to expedite the rebuilding and restoration process. One of the most misund...
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...tapes and floppy disks in a locked fireproof safe designed for data storage. (If you have a fire, it is entirely possible that this saf...be knocked over by those fighting the fire. If it's unlocked, the door might c...
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... restoring services, and preparing businesses to resume operation after an emergency. Business recovery alliances are appearing all over the country, particularly in metropolitan areas. They bring together risk managers; emergency management officials; business leaders; utilities; and financial, insurance, transportation, communications, and emergency services providers to plan for and coordinate efforts following a disaster. BENEFITS OF REGIONAL BUSINESS ALLIANCES Where do your local fire department, utility planners, and municipal disaster recovery strategists place your business or neighborhood on the list for recovery triage? Knowing how things are expected to work can help you strengthen or refine your own disaster recovery plan and response training. Disaster planners from major utilities target ways to help businesses restore communications, reconnect with suppliers, and resume production. Insurance industry representatives offer strategies on rebuilding and insurance ... survival hinges largely on something you've had no control over - your state and local emergency management planners. It seems like an obvious match, but the private sector's disaster planning specialists and their municipal counterparts have no history of coordination. That's starting to change, though. The evolving concept in disaster mitigation theory links the life of the community with the health of its businesses. That means communities increasingly see restoring business quickly as the way to save themselves after a crisis or catastrophe. It also means that business owners can become a stakeholder in their local catastrophe response planning programs. BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY ARE INTERDEPENDENT Disaster response planners have realized that communities suffer exponentially after a disaster and that the longer businesses remain incapacitated, the more devastated the community will be. A given area's people form both its customer base ...
https://completemarkets.com/Article/article-post/2353/Crisis-Management-Plan-Development-Part-1/
...ction guides (Example: evacuation, fire, earthquake, flood, utility failure, e...ery plan assignments
Finalize restoration activities
Capitalize on p...
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... First aid medical emergencies
Fire, smoke detection and/or explosion
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Operations
Recovery Plan Restoration Tasks
Loss assessment
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...elephone, and water;
Schedule fire drills;
Coordinate with insurance...Tornadoes or hurricanes;
Alarms: Fire and security; and.
Bomb threat and fire procedures: Report, evacuation rout...
https://completemarkets.com/company/CompleteMarkets/Articles/content-package/IMMS-Library/TabCategory/article-post/1538/DISCRIMINATION-PROTECTION-FOR-TRUCKING-EMPLOYEES/
... to nondiscrimination requirements in Section 11© of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the Secretary has given OSHA responsibility for investigating these complaints. The Section 405 provisions set forth a longer time period for filing complaints, permit immediate reinstatement of discharged employees, and authorize compensatory damages and attorney's fees for aggrieved employees whose complaints are substantiated. STAA DISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS Section 405 prohibits an employer from firing, demoting, or in any other way discriminating against an employee who: refuses to operate a vehicle which fails to meet safety regulations. reports violations of vehicle safety requirements. alleges that he or she has been exposed to significant hazards. or testifies or otherwise participates in safety related proceedings. COMPLAINT PROCESS Employee files discrimination complaint with OSHA within 180 ... have merit, OSHA investigates it within 60 days. This includes providing the employer with the substance of the complaint and permitting an opportunity for rebuttal as well as interviewing witnesses. At the end of the investigation, OSHA issues a finding. If investigation confirms the merit of the complaint, OSHA issues a preliminary order requiring the employer to abate the violation and reinstate the employee. The complaint must be restored in the terms, conditions and privileges of the former position. Further, the employee may be awarded back pay and compensatory damages. Within 30 days after OSHA issues a finding, either the complainant or the company may file an objection with OSHA to the finding and/or the preliminary order and may request a hearing. A U.S. Department of Labor administrative law judge presides over the hearings ...
https://completemarkets.com/Article/article-post/2350/CRISIS-MANAGEMENT-PLAN-OPERATIONAL-OVERVIEW/
...inced that a non-structured 'brush fire' approach, i.e., dealing with crisis s...
https://completemarkets.com/Article/article-post/2548/Application-Service-Providers-The-Pros-and-Cons/
...undancies in case of power outage, fire, and flood. We also learned that the A...