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The price of safety

The recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has brutally brought to the forefront of people’s minds what price can and should be put on safety. Eleven people lost their lives immediately, and the aftermath threatens the livelihood of … Continue reading

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Prioritizing disaster

The well prepared business has a contingency plan that covers as many possible disruptions as possible. Once such a list has been made, the next part of contingency planning is to prioritize from most likely to least likely, so that … Continue reading

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Answers to Problems

With list and budget in hand, by this stage in contingency planning the planning manager is finally ready to shop around. Dangers to their business have been assessed for level of danger, budgets have been allocated to spend on each … Continue reading

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