1. Preparing Your Organization for Disaster Joint Engineer Training Symposium August 28, 2014

3. Prepare your employees –Individual and Family emergency plans –Role in facility/business emergency plans Prepare your facility/business/organization –Emergency plans –Business Continuity plans –Structural resilience Prepare for after the disaster Basic Steps Toward Preparedness

4. 3 Steps to Individual/Family Preparedness –Make A Plan Family emergency communications is critical! Evacuation vs. Shelter-In-Place –Build a Kit May need more than 1 (Home, Work/School, Car) Consider special needs (meds/equip, pets, access) –Be Informed Alert & notification resources Local emergency management & response & volunteer organizations Employee Preparedness

5. What is the difference between: –An Emergency Response Plan; and –A Business Continuity Plan? How do the two interact? Do employees know their roles in each? Business/Organizational Preparedness

6. Is this your Business Continuity Plan?

7. www.Ready.gov/Business –Five-step program –Follows NFPA 1600 elements Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs –Emergency Response Plan and Business Continuity Plan templates –Business Continuity Planning Suite Downloadable software tool Step-by-step development of a BCP Video tutorials Ready.gov - Business

8. ReadyRating.org –Free online self-assessment tool –Resource Center Educate – Plan – Practice –Ready Rating Store –Emergency Response Planner (Beta) –Membership-based (no cost) American Red Cross Ready Rating

9. www.PrepareMyBusiness.org –Education Archived Webinars –Planning Checklists, Templates, Assessments –Testing –Disaster Assistance SBA Disaster Assistance information, FAQs SBA Disaster Loans information Small Business Administration

10. www.DisasterSafety.org/open-for-business –Open for Business ® (OFB) BCP program –OFB-EZ TM streamlined for small business –Toolkit, Forms –FAQs –Planning Articles Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety

11. www.fema.gov/private-sector –Small Business Toolkit (link on left) Templates, Worksheets, Checklists, Webinars, Tabletop Exercises, etc. –What to do After a Disaster Disaster Assistance for Businesses, Disaster Cleanup Resources (SBA) www.fema.gov/protecting-your-businesses –Building Science info –National Flood Insurance Program –Private Sector Preparedness (PS-Prep TM ) FEMA Online Resources

12. www.fema.gov/PrivateSector/Preparedness A voluntary program designed to build awareness and give private-sector entities the ability to safeguard their organizations against the effects of any type of disruption; Encourages nationwide preparedness, resilience, and recovery in the event of an emergency. Composed of three DHS-adopted standards; What Is PS-Prep™? 12

13. ASIS SPC.1-2009 (American Society for Industrial Security) –Organizational Resilience and Security Preparedness and Continuity Management BS 25999 (British Standards Institute) –Business Continuity Management NFPA 1600 (National Fire Prevention Association) –Disaster and Emergency Management and Business Continuity PS-Prep™ Standards 13

14. www.fema.gov/building-science-publications –Flood/Wind –Seismic –Wildfire –Multi-Hazard www.fema.gov/building-science –2013 Tornadoes Building Science Activities & Resources Recovery Advisories Safe Room Resources Structural Resilience 14

15. Establish relationships –Local emergency management –Local emergency services (fire, police, EMS) –Local community/volunteer organizations What can you provide to the response or community? What assistance will you need? Prepare for After the Disaster

16. Tom Morgan FEMA Region VII – Community Preparedness Officer Thomas.Morgan5@fema.dhs.gov (816) 283-7962 Thomas.Morgan5@fema.dhs.gov