Emergency Preparedness and Response

FM DATACOM Discussion Forums give you the opportunity to share information, ideas, and questions on dealing with current, facilities-related issues like these. For the next six weeks we have opened the Discussion Forums to the entire facilities management community to address the Emergency Response topic. (Registration required.)

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Communication Issues

Must-See Disaster Recovery
Unexpected Fire Measures NBC Preparedness Program

Shortly before Brij Anand, former director of facilities operations and engineering at the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), was to present his company's recently completed disaster recovery plan at a 1997 Tradeline conference, he received an early morning phone call reporting that an electrical fire had broken out in a switchroom and spread via the building's wire closets. Instead of talking about NBC's plans for responding to a facilities crisis, Anand got to put the plan in motion.

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General Preparation Measures

Schering Plough meets Hurricane Floyd

Greg Reinhard of Schering Plough spoke at a Tradeline conference about the experience his company had during Hurricane Floyd. A key element of his remarks is that all facilities should have a disaster plan as part of its overall safety program.

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Emergency Response Plans

What's are the Key Elements?

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Emergency Preparedness Planning Resources

Read reviews of books reviewed by Tradeline to assist with disaster recovery plans:

Disaster Recovery Yellow Pages/2001 Edition
By Stephen Lewis

Emergency Planning and Management
By William Stringfield

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