Disaster planning and recovery issues -- Regulatory influences -- Emergency preparedness -- The nature of disasters -- Fire/life safety -- Bomb threats and terrorism -- Dirty bombs -- Chemical, biological and radiological weapons -- Evacuation -- Earthquakes -- Violence in the workplace -- Computer and data protection -- Standby power systems -- Loss prevention strategies -- Crisis planning and damage control -- Mitigation -- Assessing and managing risk -- Putting the plan together -- Managing the disaster and recovery effort -- Appendix I: Sources of assistance and information -- Appendix II: Self-inspection checklists -- Appendix III: Mitigation plan worksheets -- Appendix IV: Building vulnerability assessment screening.
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Newly revised and updated, this best-selling book devoted to exploring the complexities of disaster preparedness and business continuity, now includes the latest information on the threats associated with dirty bombs, as well as chemical biological agents and weapons. Also updated in this edition are disaster planning and recovery issues, regulatory influences and emergency preparedness. This text speaks both to disaster prevention, as well as "controlling" the effects of a disaster on a company's operations. --Back cover.