Disaster and Emergency Management Systems

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Disaster and Emergency Management Systems, provides a strategic overview of the key steps that organisations should take to ensure that the risks of catastrophic failure are proactively minimised.

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Buy this essential guide to implementing a disaster and emergency management system today!This new book is the guide to the key benchmark standard for implementing a business continuity management (BCM) system - BS25999.

Disaster and Emergency Management Systems,provides a strategic overview of the key steps that organisations should take to ensure that the risks of catastrophic failure are proactively minimised.

This book examines how to design a disaster and emergency management system (DEMS) for any organisation, including hospitals, the police force and airline companies.

The systems described in this book are applicable to any organisation, no matter their size, type or location.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Outline of the disaster and emergency management system
• Key terminology
• External and factors influencing DEMS: an overview
• External factors: the law
• The role of government, the emergency services and the military
• Identify and analyse significant risks and threats
• The policy relating to disasters and emergencies
• The functional element 1: disaster and emergency planning
• The functional element 2: communications and information
• The functional element 3: public elations and the media
• The human element
• Responding to a disaster or emergency
• Recovering from a disaster or emergency
• Audit and review
• Conclusions

Key Features and Benefits:

• Provides a strategic overview of the key steps that organisations should take to ensure that the risks of catastrophic failure are proactively minimised. This approach is fully aligned with BS25999.
• Examines how to design a disaster and emergency management system for any organisation. Providing clear, step-by-step advice and guidance.
• The best practices described in this book are applicable no matter the size, type or location of the organisation. Making this book suitable for all.

Author: Tony Moore
Publisher: BSI
ISBN 10: 0580607100
ISBN 13: 9780580607103
Pages: 176
Format: Softcover
Published Date: 1 October 2008
Availability: In Stock

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