Sunday, February 10, 2008

Preparing for Disasters - New Website


A new US business resilience website “Ready Business” has been developed in consultation with the following organizations:

ASIS International, Business Executives for National Security, The Business Roundtable, International Security Management Association, National Association of Manufacturers, National Federation of Independent Businesses, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Small Business Administration The Society for Human Resource Management, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

The site address is:

http://www.ready.gov/business/other/about.html

The site contains numerous emergency planning and business continuity resources, among which are handy visual guides on what to so in the event of:

- A biological attack
- A chemical attack
- A radiological attack
- An explosion