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In the coming weeks, Forever Resilient will go through a major overhaul and facelift.  Shortly thereafter, I anticipate a minimum of bi-weekly articles to be published.  Suggestions or comments on content or structure are encouraged!

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Take a few minutes, sit back, and relax as FEMA discusses Business Continuity in a humorous manner.  Enjoy.

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September has been dubbed "Preparedness Month."  What have you done to prepare your family and your workplace for a disaster?  Have you started your plans?  Have you conducted a Business Impact Analysis?  This week's article will review previous preparedness articles and consolidate several key links to help you instill resiliency into everyday life. Lessons Learned from

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In 2007 / 2008 time frame, a survey indicated that 30% of business owners surveyed felt that physical security and security of physical assets were at the top of the business risk list.  This 30% was the leading category out of the other categories.  In today's turbulent business atmosphere it would be prudent to lower all risk as much as possible.  Therefore, this week will

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This week's article was taken from HERE, as published by Eric Holdeman.  I located this tongue in cheek delight while researching another article to write for you.  This is a great snapshot of crisis management and crisis leadership from an Emergency Management Director/Officer/Manager, etc.  My comments are in BLUE next to Holdeman's thoughts. It was Sunday morning and my wife

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Black Swan events are typically events that are random or rare but with high impact.  They routinely bring about drastic changes to programs and operations.  There are many definitions and explanations of these events, all with a different spin.  It can be thought of as a massive nationwide event or a business event specific to your company's operation. One columnist includes

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Welcome back to Forever Resilient!  I apologize for the extended absence, I transitioned to a new client and relocated across the country.  However, after a lengthy absence, we’re back with continued thoughts and lessons on Emergency Management, Business Continuity, and Family Preparedness. I will be releasing weekly editions of Forever Resilient.  If you have any topic

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This past week, India suffered a massive power outage, stranding millions and leaving over 670 MILLION people without power.  This crisis continued to unfold into a second day.  India may be better suited for this event than America based upon this excerpt: But despite the scale of the power failure, many Indians responded with shrugs. In the first place, India’s grid is still

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On March 25th, we discussed Evacuation Plans.  I trust everyone has begun planning for a safe and efficient evacuation.  There are times, however, where it is unsafe to leave your home or work location.  It could be caused by many different factors and would involve many different steps to be taken depending on how you, your co-workers, and your family would be affected.  No

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A few months ago, I was helping our church prepare the new location for renovation when another member sliced his arm open on a fence.  I walked him over to my trunk where I had a stocked and well thought-out first aid kit I built as a Deputy Sheriff. I opened the bag and started rifling through the baggies of band aids, antibiotic creams, gauze, and gloves to start a pile of the things I

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When we conduct our Business Impact Analysis and/or a Hazard Analysis, our goal is to capture a comprehensive picture of what can disrupt operations. Perhaps the goal is to examine where to locate a backup facility or on a personal note, where to relocate our family to during an emergency. This week, we will discuss ways to enhance your awareness and assessments with a powerful, yet common

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Late August 2011, Hurricane Irene hit and then skirted the east coast.  While Irene was listed as one of the costliest hurricanes on the east coast, it could have been much worse; it could have been another Katrina.  The San Diego Wild Fires are almost an annual event, yet people seem unprepared for them when they arise.   Imagine looking off your back deck and seeing this below

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In this post, we'll examine a recent incident at a client location where there was "catastrophic failure" during a server backup/swap. Incident Summary:  In the wee hours of a Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, the client's IT Department was changing Microsoft Exchange Servers.  During this change, one of the servers failed.  A vast majority of the data was lost or corrupted. 

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Imagine you are at work, wherever it may be.  An earthquake occurs, minor or major.  Once you and your coworkers are safe and not injured, what is the first thing everyone does?  You guessed it - contact their family. When the freak Virginia earthquake struck in 2011, I observed hundreds of people standing outside on their cell phones trying in vain to call home.  All work

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Before each game, football teams practice their plays over and over.  The military exercises their plan of attack prior to engagements if they can.  Even kids participate in regular fire drills at school.  Think about high school Algebra, how many times did we work equations determining what 'X' stood for?  Yet, when it comes to both business continuity and family preparedness

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Many people are not sure how to start instilling resilience into their family and business. A great place to begin is with FEMA’s 72 hour preparedness kit. Building this kit will provide the baseline necessities to help while waiting for the authorities. With some modifications, it would provide an easy bag to grab if you were required to evacuate your home or business. FEMA’s baseline list of

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Over the years I have learned many things about family preparedness.  This posting, I'll focus on a few lessons learned during emergencies both as a family man and as a former deputy sheriff. I was a Deputy Sheriff during the 2007 Angora Fire and assigned to a traffic control point at US 50 at the California / Nevada state line.  South Lake Tahoe was being evacuated.  The only

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Almost all businesses have inherent plans to continue operations in an austere environment.  Even small, three person shops, have a contingency plans in place.  For example, the corner deli doesn't close shop when a person gets sick, do they?  Of course not, another person covers for the absent team member.  That simple action is actually a contingency plan to continue

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The Business Continuity (BC) process provides a 360 degree approach in order to instill resiliency in your business.  So why, when reviewing open Business Continuity jobs, are job listings overflowing with IT centric postings?  It would seem that the IT arena has cornered the BC market.  While I understand the basis behind a robust IT plan of continuity, after all, when my

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Welcome to the inaugural Forever Resilient Blog post!  This blog will focus on resiliency in home and workplace, whether you are starting out on your own, or married with ten kids.  It will be applicable for both the self employed to the major corporations.  Each weekly posting will alternate between home and business resiliency. The business portions will be focused on business

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