Disaster and Recovery Planning: A Guide for Facility Managers

Newly revised and updated, this best-selling book devoted to exploring the complexities of disaster preparedness and business continuity, now includes the latest information on the threats associated with dirty bombs, as well as chemical and biological agents and weapons. Also updated in this edition are disaster planning and recovery issues, regulatory influences and emergency preparedness. This text speaks both to disaster prevention, as well as "controlling" the effects of a disaster on a company's operations. Statistics are presented which exemplify the outcome of past disaster/emergency declarations such as Hurricane Katrina. Other critical areas covered include statistical data on workplace violence, regulator influence, effective mitigation strategies, contingency planning, loss prevention, facility evacuation, employee training, chain of command, checklists, computer and data protection, bomb threat response, standby power, self-inspection, enlisting the media's assistance in recovery planning, and more.

Joseph F. Gustin is a professional writer and consultant specializing in regulatory compliance. With more than 30 years of experience in both the public and private sectors he has held various management positions in personnel, human resources and education. Mr. Gustin served as Director of Training and Development for a major multi-unit healthcare system where he designed and developed all facets of personnel training for the organizations 5,000 employees. His experience as manager of training and development for a leading financial institution included designing management development and supervisory training programs, as well as employee training programs. As Dean of Education in post-secondary education, he managed the instructional progra ming for various technical fields including allied health, nursing, criminal justice, information technology, and art and design. As a consultant, Mr. Gustin provides human resources and regulatory compliance consulting services to corporate and institutional clients.

As a writer, he has co-authored various training and resources guides for professional, administrative and medical personnel. He is the author of several books including Bioterrorism: A Guide for Facility Managers; Cyberterrorism: A Guide for Facility Managers, The Facility Managers Handbook. His book, Safety Management: A Guide for Facility Managers, is in its second edition.

Having served in various capacities as executive, managing and contributing editor of various management publications, he currently edits pre-publication manuscripts for individual clients.