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