Fallout more than ash.

The impact of the "hazard event" has dramatically grounded planes and disrupted passenger services and supply chains. Companies and countries have communicated poorly and their reputations have been tarnished. Good lessons in crisis management - but better ones about a core principle of business continuity.

Too often people plan for hazard events - indeed they have plans for fire, flood, pandemic etc. They then wonder why it does not work on the day. Too much detail about a particular and specific scenario.

Better to map the layer of the hazard over your vulnerable assets (people, lifelines etc). Then decide: What does this mean? To whom? By when? Make your communications to and with those who have an interest in the risks and therefore, in a collaborative management system. The impact map is the "kickstart" - the assets are what you care about.

EPCB Risk Management Webcast: Implementing Zone Emergency Management in South Australia

EPCB was recently engaged to support the development of an Emergency Management Planning Framework for administrative regions (called Zones) in South Australia.

The webcast which can be viewed from the link below is one of the resources which supports the implementation of this framework.

A 30 minute PowerPoint presentation with audio, it outlines three things:

1. Why a Zone emergency management planning framework is useful;

2. Who ought to be involved in implementing this collaborative approach; and

3. What do the key steps (to implementation) entail.

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