Business continuity planning

As the new safety director for the acquired hospital the first thing to do would be a full review of the emergency program. The standard that I deem the most helpful is to use the NFPA 1600. Even though the hospital did not have a safety director, I would meet with whoever was in charge of developing the program to gain a better understanding of the previous processes. Then the program will need reviewed to see if it is up to date and that all employees are properly trained on what is included…

This report provides an analysis and evaluation on the Hatfield Train Crash that occurred on 17th October 2000 at 12.23. The research and findings of the report draw attention to the way in which Hatfield train crash was reported immediately after the event, including what could have been possible causes of the crash - vandalism, terrorism or fracturing of the rail or track. Research into this found that the main suspect for the cause of the crash immediately after the accident was fracturing of…

PROMULGATION STATEMENT/LETTER To All Recipients: This letter is written to convey the Emergency Operations Plan for the County of Okaloosa in the northwest region of Florida. It will provide a foundation for the use in performing emergency functions during a major disaster or an emergency in the county. This Emergency Operations Plan includes the four phases of emergency management. The four phases are: Prevention – the activities that help reduce or eliminate the probability of an incident,…

The NRC's mission is to regulate the nation's civilian use of byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials to ensure adequate protection of public health and safety, to promote the common defense and security, and to protect the environment. The NRC's regulatory mission covers three main areas. (United States Regulatory Commission, 2017) • Reactors – Commercial reactors for generating electric power and research and test reactors used for research, testing, and training • Materials – Uses of…

One Is None and Two Is One: Do You Believe In Redundancy Redundancy is often times called the best backup plan. Nevertheless, there are limits to just how many items you can carry, because you fear one may become lost, broken or in some cases, is not the exact tool or material for the job. Where Redundancy Is Important Survival packs for each member of the group or family is important. If a member becomes separated from the group or family that person needs the supplies, tools, and materials…

This policy was designed to establish and implement a proper Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity plan (BCP) for the State Department. The State Department is a target for potential disaster events that can hinder its business operations. By creating and implementing a DR/BCP the state department will be in a better position to stay resilient through events like natural and environmental disasters, terrorist attacks, war, and general state of emergencies long or short term. Objective…

Kayleen Amerson 9/22/2017 In this assignment I will compare and contrast Disaster recovery plan (DRP) to Business Continuity Planning (BCP) to understand when and how to use each one. BCP uses Hot Warm and Cold as backup sites. These sites are not referring to temperature of the rooms instead the required work to continue operations at these backup sites. (Whiteman 2017) Disaster recovery planning is the efforts of senior management to develop Disaster Recovery Plan, outline the recovery…

organizations must plan on how to recover business operations as well as the foundational IT systems and the data required to treat patients (e.g. electronic personal health information (ePHI)). Continuity, Contingency and Disaster Recovery planning are often used interchangeably when discussing recovery planning. They are critical components of emergency management and organizational resilience, but each type of planning has a very specific focus. Continuity planning exists to recover your…

What is contingency planning and business continuity and why does the organization need it? Contingency planning and business continuity is the organization attempting to take control of an uncontrollable and unexpected situation. It is building and improving the organizations ability to respond and restore the organization functions and services when an event occurs. It will aid the organization in determining critical functions and services along with all the dependencies that support those…

Business continuity refers to activities which required keeping the organization running during a time of displacement of normal operation. Whereas, Disaster recovery is a process of rebuilding the infrastructure after the disaster has passed. It is the fact that business continuity and disaster recovery are similar but they are not same. From years ago, people are combining business continuity and disaster recovery into a single term which results in failure to know their differences. The…