Field Guide to Disaster Preparedness / Disaster Recovery

(Updated August 2008)

Hurricanes, wildfires and flooding can impact your business and home. Find out how to prepare your home and business against future disasters, and how to recover and clean up safely. Resources include the American Red Cross, the United States Small Business Administration and much more. (A. Siudzinski, Information Specialist)

Contents: 

Disaster Preparedness  |  Disaster Recovery  |  Disaster Preparedness/Disaster Recovery for the Home  |  Books, eBooks & Other Resources

Office Disaster Plan Elements

Disaster Preparedness

How to survive a disaster, (TIME, June 9, 2008). Q

Ready Business, (www.ready.gov, 2008).

Secure your building, (www.daretoprepare.org, Nov. 30, 2007).

Time to disaster-proof your office, (Realty Times, Oct. 4, 2007).

Don't wait until it's too late, (Texas REALTOR®, Sept./Oct. 2007).

Preparing for disaster, (Dallas Business Journal, June 23, 2006).

Disaster Preparedness, (Small Business Administration, n.d.).

Disaster strikes? Make you and your business are ready for anything, (Business Week, Summer 2005).

Disaster-proof your brokerage, (REALTOR® Magazine, Feb. 2003).

Disaster Recovery

What to do when disaster strikes your business, (Puget Sound Business Journal, Jan. 4, 2008).

No nonsense disaster recovery planning, (CIO Insight, Sept. 17, 2007).

Recovering from disaster, (Microsoft, 2007).

What about the 'human capital' list in a disaster?, (Denver Business Journal, July 6, 2007).

Gulf States Recovery Resource Guide, (National Association of REALTORS®, Feb. 2006).

Open for Business: A Disaster Planning Toolkit for the Small to Mid-Sized Business Owner, (Institute for Business and Home Safety, 2005).

Disaster Preparedness / Disaster Recovery for the Home

Disaster preparation & recovery for the home, (www.solutionsforyourlife.com, June 18, 2008).

Prepare your Ready Kits for Disasters, (Home Safety Council, 2008).

Ready America, (www.ready.gov, 2008).

Get prepared, (American Red Cross, 2008).

After a disaster, (University of Illinois Extension, Oct. 26, 2007).

Creating a healthy home: a field guide for clean-up of flooded homes, (Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. and the National Center for Healthy Housing, 2006).

Hurricanes health & safety, (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, n.d.).

eBooks & Other Resources

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The following ebooks and digital audiobooks are available to NAR members:

Contingency Planning and Disaster Recovery: A Small Business Guide (Adobe eReader)

Disaster Management and Preparedness (Adobe eReader)

Books, Videos, Research Reports & More

The resources below are available for loan through Information Central.  Up to three books, tapes, CDs and/or DVDs can be borrowed for 30 days from the Library for a nominal fee of $10.  Call Information Central at 800.874.6500 for assistance.

Preparing for pandemic flu, (Chicago, IL: IREM, 2007). HD 1394 In7pp

Before disaster strikes, (Chicago, IL: IREM, 2005). HC 62 In7bd

Disaster preparedness: simple steps for business, (Lanham, MD: Crisp Publications,1998). HF 5500 F87

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