What Are the Disasters That Interrupt Business Operation?

Document the natural and man-made events that need to be considered in making these disaster recovery and business continuity plans.

Disaster. The word immediately brings to mind catastrophic events. An earthquake killing thousands, a tornado flattening a town, a bomb exploding in a school house. Not one, but two, airplanes crashing into New York's World Trade Center. Disaster. Emergency vehicles. Press helicopters. Cries for help. We rush in (or want to) unprepared, unthinking, wanting to help. Others rush out. Quick! Escape, get out, run!

Our first thoughts, if not the way we carry them out, are correct. People are the most important resources. Saving life is the first goal of any response ...

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