Continuity of Operations Planning for State & Local Government: Preparing for an Avian Flu Pandemic

Get the tools you need to plan for a pandemic and keep your organization operating effectively

Author: William Connors and Mark Lies
Format: 3-Ring Binder with CD
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Continuity of Operations Planning: Preparing for an Avian Flu Pandemic addresses how state and local governments can plan for their response to a pandemic. It offers concrete ideas on how to keep a government operating effectively while protecting and caring for the public.

State and local governments are largely on their own regarding responding to and being prepared for an avian flu pandemic. This means that states must take responsibility for such things as distribution of vaccines, coordination of the food supply, ensuring that health care providers are positioned throughout the state’s jurisdiction, and providing alternatives to hospital treatment if they exceed capacity. Local governments will then need a response plan in place to go the next step after the state has put the tools at their disposal.

State and local governments carry a large burden. Besides ensuring that the health and welfare of everyone in their community is protected, they must also keep their operations going. They need to plan for:

Worker absenteeism
Monitoring effect of transportation restrictions and/or border restrictions on the movement of essential supplies to the business community, noting the capacity of the business community to wait out the pandemic with limits on essential supplies
Monitoring effect of pandemic on healthcare facilities, emergency services, and social services
Backup provisions with other regions in the event of a shortage of fuel, certain food types, electrical supply, and potable water
State and regional partners to augment public safety and security forces in the event it is needed

This comprehensive manual provides practical guidance on the special legal and human resources issues that state and local organizations will have to deal with in a pandemic situation and gives users the information they need to:

Understand the avian flu threat
Conduct a comprehensive risk assessment
Develop a comprehensive response plan to:

protect employees and the community
continue to provide the maximum level of services with minimal interruption
maintain operations to the maximal extent possible
minimize risks
effectively communicate before, during, and after the crisis with employees, customers and the public
deal with security issues

Test the Plan

Includes a model plan as well as the checklists and worksheets needed to make sure that you’ve covered all the bases in an effective way.

About the Authors

William Connors is the President and CEO of Risk Management Advisors, a global provider of comprehensive security solutions to corporate clients. Mr. Connors has worked extensively with clients on post 9-11 emergency preparedness planning, and writes and lectures frequently on security issues.

Mark Lies is a partner in the Chicago office of Seyfarth Shaw. His practice areas include product liability, occupational safety and health, workplace violence, construction litigation and related employment litigation which arises in these areas. Mr. Lies has advised clients on developing issues, including potential toxic exposures involved in the clean up at the World Trade Center. He has worked with health care providers to respond to the health hazards of SARS and anthrax. Post-Katrina, he has assisted clients in developing plans to protect their employees against the health hazards to be encountered in the recovery process.