There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example. That’s right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe you’ll even learn a thing or two about how to prepare for a real emergency.

Continue reading CDC outlines zombie apocalypse plan

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The Local Government Association of South Australia has published business continuity guidelines which, although slightly dated (July, 2007), provide a useful model.

Continue reading Australia: Human Pandemic Influenza – Business Continuity Guidelines

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The threat posed by H1N1 remains somewhat of an unknown, but one thing’s for certain: it is being discussed at all levels of management, and executive teams are demanding realistic strategies. While the severity of H1N1 remains to be seen, absenteeism continues to increase and the potential impact on essential operations is highly likely. What should be done to maintain business continuity and limit the effect H1N1 or some other similar scenario has on your customers and key stakeholders?

Continue reading Free Videocast: Pandemic Preparedness: Ensuring Enterprise Business Continuity

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Not everyone agrees on the need to do a full-boat practice run — but it can’t hurt anything except your short-term expenses.

Data aggregation vendor QL2 Software Inc. already follows best practices to prepare for the worst. It has redundant systems and regularly reviews its plans for both disaster recovery and business continuity. But when it comes to the ongoing H1N1 pandemic, company executives admit, they were a bit worried.

Continue reading Case study: Pandemic “dress rehearsal” uncovered glitches for one small firm

Last spring, when the first cases of H1N1 flu appeared, Gartner Inc. was getting lots of calls from alarmed clients wanting to know if and how they should adjust their disaster recovery plans.

Continue reading Business interruptus: Prep now to avoid H1N1 flu outages later

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Need to plan a Pandemic exercise?  This is a simple exercise “straw man” to help you build from at your organization.

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A new “white paper” by the Pandemic Prevention Council based on a survey of 1,500 organizations regarding their organizational preparedness reported that “organizations have made great strides to prepare against the possibility of pandemic,” but that a significant number of businesses still have a long way to go to be ready for a disruptive pandemic.

Continue reading Preparing for a Possible Pandemic: Public and private organizations report on continuity planning efforts in the face of H1N1

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FluTracker provides an easy-to-use mapping tool for tracking H1N1 flu – around the world, down to your local area.

Continue reading Tracking the progress of H1N1 swine flu

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Nathaniel Forbes and fellow IAEM Asia member Chew Lip Heng started writing a sample corporate incident action plan (IAP) for influenza in 2005 during the H5N1 panic.

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The potential outbreak of the H1N1 virus this fall could have disastrous implications for unprepared Ottawa businesses, according to numerous public and private sector groups.

Continue reading Next few weeks critical for Businesses to get H1N1 ready

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Here’s guidance for small employers, facing the specter of a fresh outbreak of the H1N1 pandemic in North America this fall. Continue reading Preparing for a Renewed Swine Flu Outbreak

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