Re: [californiadisasters] ICS for private industry/non governmental agency

Think of the problem/solution as an organization chart - who reports to whom and up the line, depending upon the severity of the problem. For a matter of a server going out of service, it may go no further than the IT manager. For a larger disaster (basement being flooded) the response will involve many more groups/departments in resolving the problem. For a larger disaster (loss of structure), it will involve many more groups. I did a quick search on the First Interstate Bank Fire in Los Angeles in May, 1988 as this was the first successful implementation of disaster recovery that I had heard about at the time that was implemented. I found a couple of links that describe some of the preplanning that would go into implementing a disaster recovery plan, going beyond the ICS type structure required. http://us.mc520.mail.yahoo.com/mc/welcome?.gx=1&.tm=1281829290&.rand=bath2n1acogqc#_pg=compose&&.rand=599443750&replyall&action_msg_replyall&clean&hash=30f8f42ebf8d4d21b2ceece1d9bca4ba&.jsrand=7340563 http://www.calcpa.org/Content/Files/Disaster%20Recovery/DisasterPlanningandRecoveryGuide2005.pdf Now, the important part is that after you have devised the organizational structure and roles for disaster recovery you will need to spend the time to prepare for each disaster scenario and practice them _several_ times a year. This is the hard part to sell as it takes people completely out of their daily routine as everyone involved may need to be dedicated full time to the training scenario ($$/budget). Treat each facilities problem as an exercise in disaster recovery - I have a client that had a water pipe break one floor above a data equipment closet causing problems with the switches and routers collocated in the closet. What are the damage estimates to both the facilities and data equipment; what is time to repair; what are backup plans in case restoration of service or repairs takes longer to perform; what is the escalation plan; what groups need to be involved? Do you perform fire escape drills? Use this as an opportunity to practice disaster recovery with each group reporting in to a centralized location (Command Post) with status (facilities, equipment, AND personnel counts). 73, kevin kc6pob --- On Sat, 8/14/10, Frank Vitale <sog13@sbcglobal.net> wrote: From: Frank Vitale <sog13@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] ICS To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010, 3:18 PM   Being in the private sector, I'm seeing more companioes use the ICS. Problem is, most fo the people that are assigned to a companies ICS are drafted to the position with no experience or exposure to it. Much less try to remeber what their role (command, general staff) is since they only get together once a year to do a table top exercise. Try an explain the ICS to a contract administrator that his position is Logistics and what that entails. The FEMA class is a waste for the comman businessman to comprehend and implament. I'm looking for somewthing that that takes the ICS and explaiins it so the private sector layman can say "Ok, I get it.". Then be able to reveiw it a year later and remeber some of what was taught.     From: Mickey Kopanski <gun4747@gmail.com> To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, August 14, 2010 10:06:09 AM Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] ICS   Depends on what you need it for. ICS is to for command, control and operations of an incident. It could be applied to private sector if you had something that needed such structure... Mickey On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 08:55, Frank <sog13@sbcglobal.net> wrote:   All ICS training is geared to gov't agencies. Is there anything out there that helps the Private sector adapt?

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