FDN BUSINESS SURVIVABILITY

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)?_____

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]

40. Hail food loss-see #45?                                              [www.MREdepot.com ]

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?

47. Earthquakes risk?                                                       [www.GeneratorJoe.net ]

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.

LESSON 36-BUSINESS SURVIVABILITY

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 2^nd 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:

 

FDN NETWORK MANAGEMENT ACTIONS

FAMILY VICTORY NETWORK (FVN) VERSION TWO– CHAPTER 13 (Partial)
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Lesson 106: NETWORK MANAGEMENT ACTIONS (Partial–Skips, buy Version Two)

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For 2012 use Confidential Business Plan for most guidance for those in Phoenix Group or upper Falcon. The CPB 2012 Plan establishes the growth pattern until the Network can be self-contained, self-reliant and self-managed.

ALL LEVELS: Group/Area/Firm/Organization/District/Metro MUST FILL OUT the CODE PEARL Monthly Report and mail it to FVN HQ by the 10^th of the month.

FVN starts growing from the Metro or District level and fills in Areas, Groups, Firms and Organizations. Red will verify the validity of each Metro Network as they check in by using the Monthly CODE PEARL Form. He will either confirm the Metro or place it on probation. Once enough (4-7) Metros/Districts have developed inside of a State (Territority /Province/ Global), then a State (Equivalent) Office will be started with minimal personnel (4-7). When three to four State Offices inside a predetermined Region are Started, then a Regional Office will be opened with minimal (4-7) personnel. All positions will be volunteers until further notice. Still valid in 2019.

107A. Administrative: As stated on page 175, a Metro check in is established by using and submitting the Monthly CODE PEARL Form by the 10^th of the month, designation of a Metro Initial Control Person (ICP), over #20: 12-28 BRCO Forms or Family Registration Forms and the establishment of at least five Areas or Groups inside that Metro. Constant contact with Red is essential to keeping the Metro alive. International Members can check in daily or weekly thru Twitter@familydisaster or email familydisasternet@gmail.com or email their Metro office.

1). Reports: The Monthly CODE PEARL Form is the Primary Report used to establish Metros, Districts, Areas and Groups.

The Metro, District, Area and Group should develop a simple database of its members using all privacy protocols as stated on the 12-28 BRCO Form or the Family Registration Form.

2). Rosters: Keeping Privacy in Mind, the Metro will need to supply full contact information to National on at least five (5) Metro Personnel. This would be the Manager, Asst. Manager, Administrator, Trainer, Current Affairs or Logistician. Districts, Areas and Groups need to provide full contact information to National on three (3) personnel (Manager, Administrator and Trainer).

All Administrators need to start Public Rosters and their Members with enough data so that other members know that there is a Network Available. Provided with variations, there should be a Name (Nic or Initials), Position-Call sign, Location, Age Group, Trade, Hobbies, e-mail (burn-optional), Social Media (optional), burn phone (optional). This report should be submitted in January, April, July and October to National.

107B.) Current Affairs, Historical, Safety and Security Section: Voluntary Positions in 2012/13, 2-4 hours a day.

1.) Current Affairs Specialist--CAS 101: Prerequisites –at first with commissions for direct sales. A CAS should check the news four times a day in the AM, Noon,.evening, and nighttime with four to seven sources of information. A CAS will have various ways to get information: Written: Read a Metro or National Newspaper daily. A CAS should save, date and file various news articles on disasters, terrorism, military and economics. Follow the FDN Twitter account @familydisaster, and have other members follow also.

If a CAS only has a radio, then listen to a AM News/Talk station or NPR-FM or Short Wave News. Digital DTV: If you can’t afford CATV or Dish TV then watch Network, Local and PBS News in the morning, noon and evening. Satellite TV: Use Local, Regional and three to seven National or International News Channels to get your news and then make up your mind. News Channels to watch: CNN, HLN, FOX News, Fox Business, MSNBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, C-SPAN, TWC, BBC-America, PBS-PM, CCTV-News, RT, Link-TV, Doc-TV, Pentagon Channel, Military Channel, National Geographic and others to get an even balance of the news. Link-TV has various International news feeds during the day. Call Red for more info.

THERE IS MORE TO CAS SOP AND OTHER LESSONS, GET VERSION TWO, CHAPTER 13.

107F. NETWORK OFFICE LEVELS: 1.) The Metro Office is the heart of the Network. By 2014 (now reset for 2020) there may be over 250 Metro Offices in the U.S. and over 100 worldwide. The next major level that has an office is the State, Province, Terrtority or Global (SPTG) Office. State or SPTG Offices have 25, 50 or 75 positions depending on population as described in Chapter Nine.

2. Along with Metro Offices are District Offices with under a population under 200,000 and up to nine counties. They have five positions as described on page 108.

3. Some larger States such as CA, TX or NY have Zone Offices to liaise between Metros and State Offices. There are five positions as described on page 108.

4. Regional Offices: See pages 175, 110 and 111.

5. National (U.S. Corporate) Office: See pages 112 and 186.

6. Other types of Offices: Special Tasking Office: Special Projects or call Red for information. Book Seven will have more information.

Multi-Area Office: Call Red for details, Book Seven will have more information.

Lesson 108—NETWORK MEMBERSHIP MANAGEMENT:

The National Administrator (Falcon Three) is ultimately responsible for Network Membership Management. However those tasked for National Rosters and Reports are also responsible for maintaining those items.

Area, Group and Organizational Administrators need to submit new Public and Private Rosters to Metro and National (Red Becker-2016) on a quarterly basis on January 10, April 10, July 10 and October 10. These updates can be included with the Monthly CODE PEARL Report due on the 10^th of the month. The CODE PEARL Report would have the public information only! If Areas or Groups belong to a District then only a Public Roster would be sent to the District and a Private Roster to National. Metros and Districts will only send a copy of the Public Roster to State and Regional. It is the District or Metro Managers and Administrators responsibility to make sure that all of these duties are accomplished. MAKE SURE THAT ALL MEMBERS IN THEIR METRO OR DISTRICT ARE REGISTERED! If National Administrator determines that a State or Regional Administrator needs a Public Roster, then it will provide necessary portions thereof.

2018: Anyone who has been in contact with a FDN/FVN book, email, Twitter, Facebook or the Blogspot are now considered members. Please register somehow with minimal information. Membership Registration at a bare minimum would be a name/nickname/handle, location or nearest Metro, Age Group, Trades or Hobbies for Position, e-mail or social media account is optional.

HISTORY OF FVN and Predecessors’ ROSTERS 1983 to Present:

1983-Becker Enterprises gave out Citizens’ Band [CB] Radio 10-Codes Flyers, Cheyenne, now 5 states.

1984-Whiskey Detachment (CB Radio Witch Hunters-bad radio signal interference-see pages nine and             164) with 15 members, Cheyenne

1985-Citizens Emergency Network (CEN) with call signs Stryker I-XV, Kicker I-X, Tango (Support) I-X,             Cheyenne and Laramie

1987-added Phoenix Group with call signs PHOENIX I-VI and Cobras 1-50 (Colorado) plus CEN

1989-Contingency Planning Network (CPN) with call sign Cobra 1-200 for Colorado and Wyoming plus             Phoenix I-VI

1994-Rocky Mountain Survival Systems (RMSS) with Rocky and Cobra call signs with 400 members

2005-Family Disaster Network (FDN) with OSCAR (Original Members) Roster with numbers 1-100

            1-20: Family; 21-40: Friends; 41-60: Neighbors; 61-100: Other members;

NEW 2012 FVN ROSTER SETUP:

In 2012 and forward a new FVN Membership system will be used. It is called the SPTG System. It stands for State, Territory, Province or Global. The Format is ##A(Alpha)#####A(Alpha), where the first two numbers is for the SPTG followed by the Master Letter, which is the first initial of the last name of the member, followed by five numeric digits followed by another sub-letter, which has letters A thru U with no O (Oscar) giving 20 sub-names under the master name.

For example, Russ M. from Sioux Falls, bought the first Version One Manual in April 2012, so he was issued FVN Membership number 40M00001A. Whereas the 40 is for South Dakota, M is for the first initial in his last name, the 00001 is because he is the first with the letter M and as his family and friends buy various Manuals or Kindle e-books then he can request that they be given a sub-letter under him. This system gives a permutation of 514 million numbers or Members. Equation: 99 (SPTG) times 26 letters (Alpha) equals 2,574 times 99,999 equals 257,394,426 times 20 sub-names (Alpha) equals 514,794,574.

GLOBAL METRO OFFICES (Initial 20): There will be an initial twenty Global Metro Offices (see list). They will be attached to various U.S. border States and Cities until there has been enough growth. Global Codes 57 to 99 won’t be used until have been enough growth (see Chapter Nine). That would be more than five areas for more than 5,000 in that Global Metro and more than 25,000 members in that Global Code for 57-99. These Temporary Metro Codes are: 101-Toronto, 102-Winnipeg, 103-Calgary, 104-Mexico City, 105-London, 106-Paris, 107-Berlin, 108-Rome, 109-Oslo, 110-Tel Aviv, 111-Cairo, 112-Jeddah, 113-Tokyo, 114-Sydney, 115-New Delhi, 116- Rio de Janeiro , 117-Johannesburg, 118-120 open Metros.

MEMBERSHIP FOR ASCENSION OF U.S. STATES, U.S. TERRITORIES, PROVINCES AND GLOBAL SETUP CODES 01-99:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Temporary Metros

1-MD          26-MI             51-DC                                        76-Mediterranean  Countries  101-Toronto & Eastern

2-PA           27-FL             52-Puerto Rico                          77-Israel                                  102-Winnipeg & Central

3-NJ           28-TX            53-Guam                                   78-Middle East                        103-Calgary & Western

4-GA          29-IA              54-US Virgin Islands                 79-Asian Sub-Continent          104-Mexico City, MX, CA

5-CT           30-WI             55-Amer. Samoa                       80-Australia                             105-London

6-MA          31-WI             56-Eastern Canada                   81-New Zealand & Oceania    106-Paris

7-MD          32-MN           57-Quebec, Ontario.                 82-Japan                                 107-Berlin

8-SC           33-OR            58-Manitoba, Sask.                   83-Republic of Korea              108-Rome

9-VA           34-KS            59-Alberta, British Columbia     84-Republic of China               109-Oslo

10-VA         35-WV           60-YK, NWT, Init.                      85-South East Asia                 110-Tel Aviv

11-NY         36-NV            61-Mexico Districo Federal       86-Central Africa                     111-Cairo

12-NC        37-NE            62-Mexico Western                   87-Eastern Africa                    112-Jedda

13-RI          38-CO            63-Mexico Eastern                    88-Western Africa                   113-Tokyo

14-VT         39-ND            64-Mexico Southern                  89-Southern Africa                  114-Sydney

15-KY         40-SD            65-Central America                   90-Rep. Southern Africa          115-New Delhi

16-TN         41-MT            66-Guatemala                           91-(Expansion-                        116-Rio de Janeiro

17-OH        42-WA           67-Panama                               92-( for Countries                    117-Johannesburg

18-LA         43-ID             68-Western South America       93-( that have over                  118-120 open

19-IN          44-WY           69-Brazil, Argentina, NE S.A.    94-( 100,000 FDN

20-MS        45-UT            70-United Kingdom                   95-( members

21-IL           46-OK            71-Western Europe                   96-

22-AL         47-MN           72-Southern Europe                  97-

23-ME        48-AZ            73-Northern Europe                  98-

24-MO        49-AK            74-Eastern Europe                    99-

25-AR         50-HI             75-Russia                                  100-

Contact Red for any clarifications for issuing SPTG numbers or setting up any Global or Countries.

LESSON 109-NETWORK TRAINING PROCEDURES:
See Lesson 29 on pages 50-51. See Training Record on page 87.
The Metro or District Trainer is probably is the most important position in the Network. He/she/you will be responsible for making sure that all the members in your Metro or District as well as the Areas, Groups or Organizations are thoroughly trained in the FVN basic classes and that Advanced Classes are available for a fee or on YouTube or on DVD. Trainers of Advanced classes can make 70% commission on tuition. This position will be second in line to get a Metro Office paycheck plus the 70% commissions.

A good Trainer will have several two hour blocks during the week at various times and days and different places to hold training meetings. You will also become a good recruiter for the Network. Make sure to keep track of milage and keep any receipts. Not every expense is reibursed.

A detailed Training Schedule will be made for each quarter. The new quarters training schedule is due one month prior to the quarter. Rotate three or four basic classes a month and two or three advanced classes a month per trainers choice. See the below matrix for a sample monthly training schedule.

Class                                Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Remarks

A                                                      X                             X             X                            X             Metro Office

B                                       X                              X                            X               X                          Coffee Shop

C                                                      X               X            X                               X          X             Metro Shop

D Advanced                      X                             X                            X                            X             Dug Out Shoot

E Advanced                                     X                             X                               X                          Metro Office

F 26 Hour Evac. CB Ch 33, GMRS Ch. 12 (CODE EMERALD-STATUS PEARL TEST)              Start Friday 1900 to 2100 Saturday

Make sure to have different times for those who work different hours can attend.
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