http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/ Business continuity management Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:59:03 GMT Howard Pierpont http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5761 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5761 I have always been taught that if you "think" there is any reason "you are in danger", get out. As a side story, here in the states, one police department is Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:54:50 GMT Nalin Wijetilleke http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5760 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5760 We need to take this very seriously. Whenever evacuation/fire drills are done, each department has a responsible person assigned to take the roll-call. These Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:54:44 GMT Bill Lang http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5759 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5759 The sweepers are typically volunteers and sweep in a manner that has them making progress towards their own exit while they sweep. They are instructed not to Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:47:21 GMT Tritten, James http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5758 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5758 Any thoughts on the liability of the company for those who "stay behind" to complete the sweep and place themselves at risk? What is a reasonable expectation Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:17:45 GMT Howard Pierpont http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5757 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5757 I know of no organization that would not want to assure that everyone in their facility at the time of crisis was accounted for. In this case, you implement Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:17:40 GMT John Glenn, CRP http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5756 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5756 As with most things "business continuity," multiple options often are best.   Hall monitors/wardens always are appropriate IF they are carefully selected Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:53:34 GMT james_maleary@... http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5755 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5755 Chris, Over the past five years we have been running Board Room Scenario Exercises/Crisis Command Training days with the guidance and expertise supplied by Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:53:18 GMT B C http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5754 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5754 I've never heard of the legal dept balking at personnel accountability as a liability.  I would think it would be a greater liability to have someone unable Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:43:51 GMT Clarke, David http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5753 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5753 Hi Chris, [MODERATOR NOTE: COULD FUTURE RESPONSES IN THIS THREAD PLEASE BE SENT DIRECTLY TO CHRIS?] There are a few places and independent consultants that do Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:56:17 GMT Phil http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5752 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5752 This is a very interesting topic. I was discussing this with my colleagues and one of them said they encountered a situation where the Legal Dept. actually Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:08:07 GMT cjb.hbit http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5751 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5751 We are a smallish company (circa 140 people) based in central London I have responsibility for IT and for BCP - not ideal but we're not really large enough Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:36:58 GMT Graham Waters http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5750 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5750 Hi, You can also use a fee phone number to keep staff informed but be carefull about the information you give out as it could give a poor communications Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:30:30 GMT alex247434 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5749 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5749 Sarah, It is worth considering an SMS notification system which operates as an instant call tree with the added benefit that with some systems you recieve Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:13:50 GMT johndombrick http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5748 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5748 Several people have contacted me re Project Argus and have not found the MI5 website very helpful. For more detailed information try the following link - Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:26:07 GMT EP http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5747 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/discussbusinesscontinuity/message/5747 John thanks for the info about the BA exercise. I pass your HQ every day to and from work, and saw no signs of panic ! I had a quick ferret around the MI5