Included in the Homeland Security Department, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was established to focus the Federal effort on preparedness for, mitigation of, response to, and recovery from emergencies encompassing the full range of natural and manmade disasters. FEMA’s emergency planning serves as a model for private corporations and entities. The beginning of quality emergency planning is to develop a sound plan that encompasses the following:

1. Defines emergency in terms relevant to the organization;
2. Establishes an emergency team with specific tasks to function immediately before, during and after an emergency;
3. Establishes a method for utilizing available resources and for obtaining additional resources at the time of an emergency
4. Provides a means for moving normal operations into and back out of the emergency mode of operations.

The two significant factors when choosing a plan is the dissemination of the plan to employees and strategic persons and the training and update of the plan. Having a plan without training and practice is worthless.

In addition to terrorist attacks, biological, chemical, nuclear attacks, contingencies for which planning is appropriate include, but are not limited to:

Our security professionals will ensure that your company's emergency planning is adequate not only to prevent emergencies but also to respond in the event of an emergency.

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