This section contains presentations and other information collected during CSAA's 2000 Mid-year Meeting on "Disaster Planning & Recovery.
In addition, it contains links to other Web sites with related information.
Table of Contents
"The National & Regional Perspective on Disaster
Planning & Preparedness"
Col. Tom Waldhauser, Assistant Deputy Director of Combating Terrorism, The Pentagon
NOTE: Overheads not available.
Michael J. Armstrong,
Associate Director for Mitigation at the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) and Head of "Project Impact"
NOTE: Did not use overheads. See a summary in the summer 2000 issue
of the CSAA Dispatch.
"Identifying Potential Disasters"
Claire B. Rubin, Principal, Claire B. Rubin & Associates
NOTE: Did not use overheads. See a summary in the summer 2000 issue
of the CSAA Dispatch.
Visit
her site, www.disaster-timeline.com
and read one of her papers at www.colorado.edu/hazards/wp/wp99.html
Luncheon Guest Speaker: Susan Whitehurst,
Publisher, SDM Magazine
NOTE: The content of her presentation appeared in the SDM
Magazine (2000 SDM 100 ranking).
"Security
Buying Trends, Brand Preferences, System Integration Concepts of the
Top 100 U.S. Corporations"
Albert Janjigian, Executive Vice
President, Stat Resources
NOTE: The overheads are
not available for public distribution. See
a summary in the summer 2000 issue of the CSAA Dispatch.
"Response and Jurisdiction-The AHJ's Plans"
Chief Ed Plaugher, Arlington County Fire Department
Chief Ron Siarnicki, Prince Georges County Fire Department
Steve Souder, Administrator, Arlington, Virginia Public Safety, Emergency
Communications Center
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to view presentation. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download
here)
"A Communications, Power and Utility Perspective on
Disaster Planning and Recovery"
Jay Heiser, Senior Security Consultant, Lucent Technologies
Full presentation is too large. Click here
to view outline of presentation. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download
here)
"Disasters We have Known, What We Did & the Lessons
Learned from a Central Station Perspective"
Jay Autrey, Director of Customer Relations, Brinks Home
Security, Inc.
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to view presentation. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download
here)
Chester Donati, President, DMC Security Services, Inc.
NOTE: Did not use overheads. See a summary in the summer 2000 issue
of the CSAA Dispatch.
Craig Leiser, President, Kismet Group
NOTE: Did not use overheads. See a summary in the summer 2000 issue
of the CSAA Dispatch.
"Elements of a Good Central Station Disaster Plan"
Charles Hunter, Director, IS Technology, Brinks Home
Security, Inc.
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to view presentation. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download
here)
Kim Schellenberg, Central Station Manager, AAA Alarm Systems, Ltd.
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to view presentation. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download
here)
Tina Jones, President, Figaro Consulting
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to view presentation. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download
here)
"Model Disaster Plans from Central Station"
Jeff Gorelick, Partner, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP
NOTE: Did not use overheads. See a summary in the summer 2000 issue
of the CSAA Dispatch.
Pete
Tallman, Alarm
System Group Leader, Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Engineering Services
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to view presentation. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download
here)
Lunch Guest Speaker: Todd Schwenk, Founder & CEO, Eye On Alarm
NOTE: Did not use overheads. See a summary in the summer 2000 issue
of the CSAA Dispatch.
"Update
on Underwriters Laboratories
(UL) Listing Requirements"
Pete Tallman,
Alarm System Group Leader, Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Engineering
Services
Click here to view
presentation. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download
here)
"Update
on Factory Mutual Research Corp. (FMRC) Requirements"
Robert Elliott,
Senior Engineer Manager, Factory Mutual Research Corp. (FMRC)
Click here to
view presentation. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download
here)
"Recovering from a Disaster-A Central Station Perspective"
Bob Rankin, Vice President, Protection One
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view presentation. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download
here)
"How Not to Lose Your Financial Shirt After a Disaster"
David Chanin, Partner,
Tannenbaum & Chanin
NOTE: Did not use overheads. See a summary in the summer 2000 issue
of the CSAA Dispatch.
General Information Sources:
www.floodsmart.gov, for information about the National Flood Insurance Program.
www.sba.gov/disaster_recov/prepared/getready.html, for preparedness tips for businesses, homeowners and renters from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
www.disastersafety.org, for the Institute for Business and Home Safety's tips for protecting homes and businesses.
www.ready.gov, for federal government preparedness information.
www.sba.gov/training/courses.html, for SBA information about preparing a business for disaster. At the site, select "Surviving Beyond Disaster." Offered in partnership with The Hartford.
National Safety Council's Disaster Preparedness Web section: www.nsc.org/issues/prepare.htm
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): www.fema.gov
Environmental Protections
Agency (hazardous materials, chemical accidents, oil spills)
www.epa.gov/ceppo
U.S Geological Survey
( land-based natural hazards - earthquakes, floods, volcanoes)
www.usgs.gov
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-meteorological hazards: www.noaa.gov
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): www.acep.org/
Emergency Preparedness Canada: www.epc-pcc.gc.ca/
International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC): www.iafc.org
National Association of EMS Educations (NAEMSE): www.naemse.org/
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA): www.nfpa.org
Occupational Safety and Health Adminstration (OSHA): www.osha.gov
Underwriters Laboratories (UL): www.ul.com
University Research Centers:
University of Colorado
(Natural Hazards Center)
www.colorado.edu/hazards
University of Delaware
(Disaster Research Center)
www.udel.edu/DRC
Specialized Organizations:
Earthquakes - Earthquake Engineering Research Institute: www.eeri.org
Floods - www.floods.org
Hurricanes - National Hurricane Center ( NOAA): www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Useful Periodicals:
Disaster Recovery Journal
(hard copy and on-line)-free www.drj.com
Recommended
by Bob Rankin and Claire Rubin as one of the best sites and magazines
for disaster planning: www.ContingencyPlanning.com
Subscribe
to Contingency Planning Magazine (hard copy and
on-line)-free
Specific Articles on Business Contingency Planning:
The ABCs of Disaster
Recovery
by Sarah D. Scalet, Security & Privacy Research Center
http://www.cio.com/research/security/edit/092401_recovery.htm
l
Contingency Planning
101,
by Kelly Goggins, Contingency Planning and Management Magazine;
March 1999.
www.contingencyplanning.com/article_index.cfm?article=162
What Drives Contingency
Planning - The Carrot or the Stick?
By Wm DiMartini, March 1996.
www.contingencyplanning.com/article_index.cfm?article=45
Claire Rubin's timeline can be found here: www.disaster-timeline.com and a presentation given about the topic can be found at www.emforum.org/vlibrary/990901.htm
An article from the Building Owners and Managers Association International (BOMA) on "Natural Disasters - Are You and Your Building Prepared?" http://www.boma.org/press/pr102999.htm
Rubin's article on different kinds of disasters: www.colorado.edu/hazards/wp/wp99.html
Disaster recovery services for call centers: www.commweb.com/features/comptel/2k0426.disaster.html
Disaster plan from the Red Cross: www.redcross.org/disaster/safety/displan.html
A risk-assessment article from the American Insurance Association on property-casuality insurance and climate: www.aiadc.org/apress/041999ppr.htm?CiRestriction=disaster
Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations - Emergency Management and Assistance: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_99/44cfrv1_99.html
An article from the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) on assessing flood-damaged electrical equipment: www.ul.com/auth/tca/v6n3/disaster.htm
Visit the section "CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT" at Security Management Magazine
State and Local Emergency Services Organizations:
National Emergency Management
Association (NEMA) - State Emergency Managers Assoc.
www.nemaweb.org
International Association
of Emergency Managers (IAEM) -Local Emergency Managers Assoc.
www.iaem.com
