An emergency or a disaster may shut down your business, interrupt your processes and operations, cause damage, and endanger your company's financial status and image. There are a variety of disasters that may necessitate a disaster recovery planning. Examples of these disasters include communications failure, software virus, loss of key suppliers or customers, workforce strike, fraud, earthquakes, hazardous materials incidents, winter storms, brush fires, floods, tornadoes, and other mass casualty events.

Studies of behavior following disasters have shown that teams working together in the disaster period perform more effectively if there has been prior planning, preparation, and arrangements for emergencies and disasters, including response and recovery. These studies show that organized grassroots efforts may be more successful if they are woven into the social and political fabric of the workplace.

American Society for Management, Inc. offers on-site and off-site training workshops for Disaster Recovery Planning to provide your company with a step-by-step methodology to prepare for and respond to the anticipated disruptions and potential hazards following a disaster.

ASFM provides the necessary skills, tools, and techniques your company needs to conduct pre-event planning, mitigate risks associated with emergencies and disasters, prevent process disruption, and reduce injuries and property damage.

The Disaster Recovery Planning Workshop helps your company:

Ensure the ability to recreate and support product after a disaster
Protect employees, the community, and the environment
Manage and recover from emergencies and business disruption
Comply with codes, and statutory and regulatory requirements
Minimize exposure to criminal or civil liabilities
Improve the corporate image and credibility internally (boost employees' morale) and externally (customers, suppliers, and community)
Reduce insurance premiums

Some of the topics covered during ASFM's Disaster Recovery Planning Workshop are as follows:

Disaster and Disaster Workers - What defines a disaster, and who makes up the disaster workforce
Disaster Threats - Characteristics of various types of disasters and the potential for occurrence
What defines Emergency Management
Planning Process - Steps to follow

Establish the team
Analyze capabilities and hazards
Develop the company's plan

Emergency Management
Hazards - Incidents and Emergencies
Business Continuity Plan

ASFM's consultants are active participants in their communities and are members of the Community Emergency Response Team. They are trained on disaster preparedness, disaster fire suppression, disaster medical operations, light search and rescue operations, and disaster psychology and team organization. They participate in skills-based disaster drills to maintain the edge necessary for effective response in the face of an emergency.

To inquire more about our Disaster Recovery Planning workshop and consulting, please contact an ASFM associate.