NFPA 1600Manejo de Desastres

Emergencias y Programaspara la Continuidad de los Negocios

Edicion 2007

Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs

2007 Edition

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Dean R. Larson PhDCEM CSP CPT

NFPA 1600 CommitteeSan Miguel de Tucuman, 6 de diciembre de 2007

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National Fire Protection Standard (NFPA) 1600

� Developed by people experienced in the field

� Represent the best and brightest thinking in the area

� Consensus standards◦ Developed by industry-wide standard-developing organizations◦ Substantially agreed upon through consensus◦ Usually represents a group of identified stakeholders

NFPA 1600 is a consensus standard

� 1991 – Disaster Management Committee established

� 1995 – “Recommended Practice” issued� 2000 – “Standard” issued◦ Approved as an “American National Standard”� “American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

approval”

� 2004 – Edition of NFPA 1600◦ Through ANSI, vetted with over 2,000 organizations� Recommends NFPA 1600

� 2007 is the latest edition� 2010 edition is under development◦ Will use ISO procedures

9/11 Commission was appointed by President Bush to investigate the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and make recommendations for corrective actions

“The experience of the private sector in the World Trade Center emergency demonstrated the need for these standards”

– “9/11 Commission”

9/11 Panel Vets Readiness Rules for Business

“Commission is Worried Private Sector Remains Unprepared for Attack”

Wall Street JournalHeadline

� Designed as a programmatic approach◦ Looks at WHAT needs to be done◦ HOW it is done depends on the organization

� Emphasized◦ Functional elements◦ Performance outcomes

� A resource for voluntary application:◦ Can be used to assess current programs◦ Can be used to design new programs

� For those responsible for◦ Disaster and emergency management◦ Business continuity programs

� Provides criteria to◦ Assess current programs ◦ Develop, implement, and maintain a program

� NFPA 1600 applies to both◦ Public programs◦ Private programs

“A set of voluntary standards…developed by the ANSI and NFPA –empower the private sector to examine their own readiness and take part in the shared responsibility of homeland security.”

– Secretary Tom RidgeFirst Secretary of Homeland Security

“ANSI recommended that the Commission endorse a voluntary National Preparedness Standard... Recommendation: We endorse the American National Standards Institute's recommended standard [NFPA 1600] for private preparedness”

– 9/11 Commission ReportJuly 22, 2004

� Comprised of representatives from:◦ U.S. and Canadian public and private sector◦ Department of Homeland Security� FEMA

◦ National Emergency Management Association◦ International Association of Emergency Managers◦ Emergency Management Accreditation Program◦ Other organizations have “reserved” seats on the Technical Committee

� Chapter 1: Administration� Chapter 2: Reference Publications◦ In 2007 edition, Webster’s Dictionary

� Chapter 3: Definitions� Chapter 4: Program Management Requirements

� Chapter 5: Program Elements� Annexes

Table of Contents

� Sections with an asterisk (*)◦ Annex A has a corresponding section “A.1.1”◦ Purpose: Explanatory material◦ Recommendations

1.1* Scope.

Chapter 44.1 Program administration4.2* Program coordinator4.3* Advisory committee4.4 Program evaluation

Chapter 5 Program Elements5.1 General5.2 Laws and Authorities5.3* Risk Assessment5.4 Incident Prevention5.5 Mitigation5.6* Resource Management and Logistics5.7* Mutual Aid/Assistance5.8 Planning

5.9 Incident Management5.10 Communications and Warning5.11* Operational Procedures5.12 Facilities5.13 Training5.14 Exercise, Evaluations and Corrective

Action5.15 Crisis Communication and Public

Information5.16* Finance and Administration

� Annex A: Includes explanatory material◦ Expanded information that the Committee wanted to provide to the user BUT did not want to make it mandatory

◦ For example, the term “Homeland Security” is a term only used in the United States � In Annex A BUT not in the body of the standard

� Annex B: Lists of organizations◦ Disaster/Emergency Management Organizations◦ Organizations related to Emergency Management and Business Continuity

� Annex C: Additional Resources◦ Included for informational purposes only◦ Only as accurate as of date of publication

� Annex D: Disaster and emergency management accreditation and certification programs

� Annex E: Incident Management Systems (IMS)� Annex F: Informational references

� The Technical Committee is back at work on the 2010 edition◦ Significantly more interest attributed to 9/11 Commission endorsement

� NFPA 1600 was one of the five standards/projects from around the world being used to develop an ISO standard on Societal Security◦ At least three to five years from today

drlarson@jorsm.comlarsond@calumet.purdue.edu

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