WEEK 7
READINGS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
READINGS
About These Readings: The Week 7 readings, instructional material, and research will provide key information to understanding the purpose of emergency management, emergency response plans, and the tasks associated with the crisis management team.
· Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning for IT Professionals – the following sections of Chapter 8: Emergency Response and Recovery (available in course reserves):
o Introduction to Emergency Response and Recovery
o Emergency Management Overview
o Emergency Response Plans
o Emergency Response Teams
o Crisis Management Team
o Disaster Recovery
o Business Continuity
· Emergency Response and Operations
https://www.stayinbusiness.com/resource/emergency-response-and-operations/
REFERENCES
Please note that this is a list of references in Turabian format for all of the materials referenced above. You do not need to look them up; they are here for your reference.
Snedaker, Susan, and Chris Rima. 2014. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning for IT Professionals. 2nd ed. Waltham, Massachusetts: Elsevier.
Stay in Business. ND. “Emergency Response and Operations.” Stay in Business. ND. https://www.stayinbusiness.com/resource/emergency-response-and-operations/.
WEEK 7
INSTRUCTOR HIGHLIGHTS
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Understanding risks, mitigating them and having a plan to recover the business are very important aspects of a business continuity and disaster recovery strategy. However, nothing is more critical than the emergency response aspect of the program. People, outrank places and processes. Without them, the rest of the assets do not matter. Various planning guides and resources are available to help planners created a viable strategy. Below are examples:
2024 ERG – The 2024 Emergency Response Guidebook (labelmaster.com)
https://www.labelmaster.com/shop/erg?msclkid=0e26f765a6e91cabac7f912483724f30&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=ERG&utm_term=erg%20guide&utm_content=ERG
www.ready.gov
https://www.ready.gov/
You’ll notice in the video below; emergency management principles follow a similar lifecycle as business continuity and disaster recovery planning.
VIDEO
A Disaster Response Approach: Why Emergency Management Principles Can Address Complex Challenges (youtube.com)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZMVyxV6jjw
