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Prolonged, wide-area electrical power failure

Emergency Planning

lifts [elevators] blocked: people possibly trapped in them trains stranded: people possibly stranded in them traffic control inoperable: possibility of accidents and queues at road junctions critical facilities (hospitals, police stations, etc.)

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The Art of Explaining: MHA’s Best Crisis Communications Resources    

MHA Consulting

The rise of the internet and social media has made crisis communications more challenging—and more critical—than ever. This is more true than ever in the age of internet news and social media. Every organization’s crisis management plan must include a crisis communications plan and strategy.

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

MHA Consulting

What’s changed is that the internet has made everything easier to find, the net has facilitated the development of blogs like this one, BCM professionals have become highly collegial about sharing information, and the field as a whole has matured in terms of professional gatherings, associations, standards, and practice.

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The SEPA Cyber Attack a Case Study

Plan B Consulting

As the organisation has a monitoring, flood forecasting and warning services and emergency response role to a pollution incident they perhaps had no choice to report it. David Pirie could have been the duty Director or be responsible for emergency planning and so this may be in line with their emergency plans.

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The SEPA Cyber Attack a Case Study

Plan B Consulting

There has been very little new coverage of the event, with the escolation of COVID throughout the UK and the events in the USA, they are good events “to bury bad news” Doing an internet search, I did notice one article echoing similar sentiments to myself at [link]. Timeliness of this help is provided.