FAMILY DISASTER NETWORK (FDN)
DISASTER MANUAL (FDN D-MAN)
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CHAPTER FOUR–BUSINESS SURVIVABILITY AND COVERAGE
This Chapter is used mostly for business, but its applications can be used for the serious individual wanting to enhance his/her survivability. A 100 point Survivability Checklist is first to score your business' Survivability Rating. Then we will cover previous plans, covered data, backed-up data, uncovered data, supplies, evacuations, business fires and salvaging.
100 POINT BUSINESS SURVIVABILITY CHECKLIST
LESSON 35: This is a SELF-SCORING checklist PRIOR TO YOUR FDN ASSESSMENT!
Do you have positive answers for each of these questions? Give yourself credit for WHERE APPLICABLE (WA) or NOT APPLICABLE (NA) questions, and list positive answers with details. Complete checklist and place your score here:___. # Positive Answers=Rating: 10-Very Poor, 20-Poor, 30-Fair, 40-Average, 50-Good, 60-Best, and 75-Ultimate.
THE QUESTIONS WILL EITHER BE: Do you have..?, Where is (are)..?, Are (Is) there..?, How many..?, or otherwise explained.
TWENTY FIRE/SAFETY QUESTIONS:
1. Is there an existing plan in effect?_____
2a. Is plan current, within one year)?_____
2a. Is plan current, within one year)?_____
2b. Date last inspected by Fire Department, Insurance Agent, or FDN?______
3. Are exits marked? ___Evacuation Plan posted?___ # of places?____
4. Number of Extinguishers/Sprinklers for each 200-500 sq. ft.?
5. Locations of extinguishers?
6. Number of electronics/paper cabinets under sprinklers?
7. Are there warning system or alarms inside or outside?
8. Are the safety lights: continuous or for power outage?
9. What is the distance to fire station?
10. What is the response time?
11. How far are the closest hydrants and colors?
12. What are the evacuation rendezvous points?
13. Safety and fire precautions inside?
14. Safety and fire precautions outside?
15. Close proximity precautions (see Risk Assessment on page 16)?
16. Grass and woods fire danger?
17. NEW EVACUATION PLAN-Assets?
18. NEW EVACUATION PLAN-Personnel?
19. Safety plan in effect with training?
20. Basic counter-crime plan in effect with training?
You should have at least 10 positive or NA answers in this part.
TEN DOCUMENTS COVERAGE QUESTIONS:
21. Safe deposit box?
22. Fire proof safe/boxes/cabinets?
23. When was Insurance last reviewed with agent?
24. How is data backup-ed?
25. Are there hard copies, flash drives and external drives in fire safe?
26. Are there hard copies, flash drives and external drives stored off site?
27. What kind of Un-coverage problems are there?
28. Is there an Evacuation Plan for uncovered data and source documents?
29. Do you have office supply and work station evacuation kits?
Or are they at alternate locations?
30a. The number of hours that could be lost due to an evacuation?
30b. Where is the alternate site?
30c. Who is the Section/Floor Fire/Evacuation Marshall?
TWENTY WEATHER AND NATURAL DISASTER QUESTIONS:
For each question list what to do, where safe areas are, etc.:
31. Winter l-Are there Winter Survival Kits for the firm and in employees personal vehicles or backpacks?
32. Winter Il-Blizzard-Do you have a non-essential work plan?
33. Flood l-Are you in a Flood Plain or close to a drainage system for heavy rain?
34. Flood Il-Are you 20 miles or less below a dam?
35. Thunderstorm hazard?
36. Large hail?
37. Tornadoes?
38a. Drought food loss-see #45?[NOT NECESSARILY]
38b. Flood food loss-see #45? [FOR STORES OR]
39. Freeze food loss-see #45? [RESTAURANTS]
41. Food changes-long term options-what will you do? [Long time shelf items]
42. Wild fire risk?
43. Hurricane strengths 1-3?
44. Hurricane strengths 4-5, reaching inland?
45. How may business supply lines are affected by above?
46. Do you have alternate supply lines, extra storage capacity or secondary storage?
48. Volcano risk (WA)? [Direct Current sources]
49. Tidal waves (WA coastal)?
50. Space options–SOLAR FLARES, falling debris, meteors, UFO?
TWENTY LEAKS/MANMADE DISASTERS:
For Numbers 51-60: Short term evacuation for 1 week maximum.
51. Is there risk within 3 miles (construction digs?-need constant evaluation)
52. What is the local risk for...?
53. What is the state risk for...? (Check Annexes in Chapter 8)
FOR THE OTHER 47 QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO BUY THE BOOK, OR VERSION TWO.
Business Survivability is a little more detailed than Family Survivability just for the major reason of money or more specifically, lack of income during a disaster. After a disaster you want to be able to restart your business rapidly to generate income again whether it is cash, credit, A/R payments, etc., be able to use your business records and computer files, reestablish suppliers, salvage and acquire inventory, hire employees and re-open your doors. Make sure to have enough laptops to set up secondary business site and acquire internet service.
If 25 people join FDN, this includes owners and managers and their families, employees and their families as well as temporary workers and their families, then you get one phone or e-mail hour free. This arrangement can continue as long as you need as long as you can get 25 new members for each Survivability Consulting hour. See the paragraph below for further details. Remember that there are five memberships to any FDN Family Book or Manual. We can review previous plans, create new plans, implement them and train you and your employees.
IMPORTANT
As well as getting 25 new members for each Survivability Consulting Hour, you will have to either buy any variation to a total of $72.00 for each Consulting Hour on of this manual, Amazon.com, various books, Manuals or Guides, or thru DBLT-FDN the rights for the various PDFs or the 2nd Edition Booklet.
Price Listing is as follows: ON AMAZON.COM: VERSION ONE: $14.95; VERSION TWO: $22.95; 2012/2013 PREPPER’S GUIDE: $19.95 or Challenging Life’s Ins and Outs: $24.95. ON PDF: All books or Manuals 1-5 copies are $10.00 each, 6-12 copies are $8.00 each, please call for further price breaks. We won’t be able to use the 99 cent Amazon or Nook version for Survivability Consulting.
You will also have to fill out a BRCO Form 12-28–Registration Form on page 120 and have each family of five fill out the Membership Registration Form on page 121. These forms must be called in and mailed in to FDN to be verified before the Consulting can take place.
If you have studied and understood the last 50 pages of this OPSMAN, then spending the extra time to develop your business survivability plan should not be so hard.
PREVIOUS PLANS, COVERED DATA, BACKED UP DATA, UNCOVERED DATA, AND SUPPLIES:
If you have and disaster and evacuation plans, get them out now. Study them carefully, as you are reading them I bet that you now see several items missing, jot those down. Make a new rough draft of your plans, adding in the missing parts that you have learned about from FDN. Once a final copy is done, then implement it and train your management, staff, and employees. Do Quarterly Reviews with all employees and Managers on or about January 5, April 1, July 1 and October 1. Try to involve some family members for Coordination and Communications.
LIST PREVIOUS PLANS AND DATA COVERAGE:
COVERED DATA: Covered data is fire-proofed, duplicated and triplicated in a safety deposit box, and or a fire-proofed safe and even best at an off site secure site. Covered items would include all income tax and accounting data, titles, deeds, insurance policies and licenses or copies there of. All originals that do not have to be posted in a conspicuous place should be covered. If licenses have to be out, then make copies and cover in safe. As a Survivability Client, a master list of items that will be covered will be made by me and your firm, and it can be adjusted without my consent. The basic idea is for you to think about all things that should be safe (covered) and not to be worried about them if a quick evacuation of your building is called: ITEMS BY THIS FIRM TO BE COVERED:
BACKED-UP DATA: It is computer or accounting/tax data that is at least duplicated on flash drive or hard copy that could be used to restart your business and accounts without the least amount of casualty loss or delay. Ultimately your firm should have two copies of data on site, one copy off site and another on a flash drives and another on a external hard drive at another site. BACKED-UP DATA FOR YOUR FIRM:
