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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.


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Presentations

  • "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.
  • 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
    Click here 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.
    Click here 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.
    Click here to view presentation. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download here)

    Kim Schellenberg, Central Station Manager, AAA Alarm Systems, Ltd.
    Click here to view presentation. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download here)

    Tina Jones, President, Figaro Consulting
    Click here 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 
    Click here 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
    Click here to 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.

Other Resources

General Information Sources:

 

University Research Centers:

 

Specialized Organizations:

 

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:

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
 
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