Emergency Planning

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Emergency Planning Disaster Recovery

• Dean Beaumont 1st March 2005

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What is a Disaster?

• A disaster is defined as
• Any consequential loss of service or incident
  threatening the personnel, buildings, or
  operational structure of the organisation which
  is beyond the immediate ability of the
  organisations staff, business processes and
  normal management structure to control or
  resolve.
• TMO BCM/DR Policy 2004

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How much do Disasters or near misses cost?
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August 02 - Flood damage in TMCZ, TMDE TMAT -
Costing minimum 5M

• Picture removed

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October 02 - Widespread storm damage TMUK Cost
500K
PICTURE REMOVED Showed flooding resulting in
sewage etc contaminating a switch room
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November 03 Fire next to TMUK exchange Site
and personnel at high risk
PICTURE REMOVED
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July 03 Gas main fracture Barnsley TMUK 7
lives site at high risk

• PICTURE REMOVED Natural Gas main fractured by
  workmen Possibility of explosion in or close to
  the facility

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Benefits of DR

• Provision of a pre-planned approach
• Investor confidence
• Management and corporate governance
• Customer assurance on an individual business
  level
• Facing our responsibilities as essential national
  infrastructure
• Business revenue protection
• Does not have to be expensive MM

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The role of a Disaster Recovery strategy and team

• To advise the business on best practice
• To liaise with internal and external agencies on
  EP/DR issues
• Clear strategy defines ongoing policy and embeds
  culture
• Strategy outlines your organisations commitment
  to EP/DR
• Team provides solutions within the strategic
  framework

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What is a Disaster Recovery Analyst?

• Interaction
• CTO
• Senior Management
• Area Managers
• Supervisors
• International managers and teams
• External agencies (customers and suppliers

• Other roles they overlap
• Business Continuity
• Health and Safety
• Technical Operations Groups
• Training Development
• (Above at management and supervisors level)

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How are EP/DR linked to HS?

• Risk assessments
• Fire and evacuation procedures
• Bomb Threats?
• COMAH and other sites through regulatory
  requirements
• DR responders operating in hazardous environments

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Case study BBC Morborne 31/10/04

• The original pictured showed the complete
  collapse of a multi-purpose communications mast.
  Therefore several operating companies were
  involved which caused problems.
• e.g proximity of crane operations
• Lighting
• Welfare facilities etc

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Key points
580ft Steel lattice tower owned by Crown Castle
collapses due to mysterious fire No coverage to
wide area population of over 1.3 million people
(Radio/mobile) Many agencies on site, 999,
Mobile Operators, BBC, Water/Electricity
board Lots of press on site Police crime
scene CCI Health and safety cordon off area Day
2 before Health and Safety Brief conducted with
recovery team
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EP DRThe challenges ahead

• Seen as expensive
• Seen as a waste of time
• Civil Contingencies Act
• Sarbanes Oxley 404
• Embedding of culture
• About 20 years behind HS!

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Any Questions?

• Thankyou!