Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity for Facilities Management Forum

Facilities managers for federal agencies and other organizations are under increasing scrutiny to provide plans for the performance of essential functions in times of disruption from an expanding list of threats. Public and private sector facilities management groups that once focused on the daily functioning of their facilities are expected to plan for the events that render all or part of their facilities unavailable. There is also the expectation that services will be available in an increasingly short amount of time. Success in facing such an event is dependent upon the level of planning for such a crisis, and the ability to operate during the crisis.

On June 25, 2002, the Federal Facilities Council sponsored a forum to identify: (1) available resources for planning for continuity of operations; (2) considerations for creating and maintaining a continuity of operations plan; (3) lessons learned from the anthrax crisis and 9/11 attacks at the U.S. Capitol and Pentagon, respectively.

Agenda with presentations (in PDF format)

Speakers' biographies

Emergency Preparedness/Business Continuity Resources