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Private Sector's Role in Disaster Response. 2013 Kentucky Inclusive Emergency Preparedness Conference Alec Waugh CBCP CISA CIA Fruit of the Loom Bowling Green, KY. Agenda. Common Pieces Businesses and Disasters Business Features Examples Future Discussion. Common Pieces. Courage. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
2013 Kentucky Inclusive Emergency Preparedness Conference
Alec Waugh CBCP CISA CIAFruit of the LoomBowling Green, KY
Private Sector's Role in Disaster Response
› Common Pieces› Businesses and Disasters› Business Features› Examples› Future› Discussion
Agenda
Common Pieces
“Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.”
Actor – John Wayne
Courage
“Do or do not. There is no try.”
Jedi Master Yoda
Active
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
President Abraham Lincoln
Common Sense
“If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.”
Basketball – Pat Riley
Challenges
“All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.”
Daniel Boone
Goals
Businesses and Disasters
› Declared major disasters more than doubled in recent years – Department of Homeland Security
› 60% of businesses that experience a catastrophic event go out of business within 2 years – Gartner Group
› 93% of businesses that experience a data center disaster for more than 9 days go out of business within 5 years – U.S. Department of Labor
› About 20% of businesses do not reopen following a major emergency – Institute for Business and Home Safety
› Only 43% of businesses suffering a disaster ever recovery sufficiently to resume business – National Archives & Records Administration
Businesses and Disasters
Business Features
›Manpower›Communications›Facilities›Resources›Strategy
Business Features
Examples
›Collection of interested groups across different areas
›Define Objective›Collaborative Process›End Results
Strategy: UNC – School of Public Health Pandemic Task Force
›Distribution of medicine for large scale Anthrax attack
›Collaboration between CDC, Fulton County, and Business Executives for National Security
›Significant Business Involvement›Design›End Results
Manpower and Facilities: CDC/BENS-PODS
Future
›Responding to disasters is more complex
›Number of risks is increasing›Success requires all groups›Business needs to be invited›Each business is different with involvement
› Involvement will vary over time›Common sense leadership required
Future
Discussion