Resources

The following contingency planning resources are provided in the spirit of information sharing and do not constitute an endorsement or official recommendation from the CRMC-ACP. 

This is only a partial listing of resources available in print and on-line, please feel free to submit your suggestions for additions to the webmaster

Notice: when you click on these links you are LEAVING our ACP website to an external 3rd-party site.                                                                                      

Association of Contingency Planners:  the premier, non-profit trade association dedicated to the advancement of business continuity professionals. ACP provides a powerful peer-to-peer networking and learning environment for its members through chapters across the country.

Blogs, White Papers and More...:
Check out the latest in blogs and white papers submitted
  by members and our collegues.

Business Continuity Institute: Professional association promoting the art and science of business continuity management

Colorado Emergency Management Resources: Resources for disaster proofing your business and community.

Colorado Emergency Managers Association: Individuals and corporations - public and private - interested or involved in emergency management

Colorado Emergency Preparedness Partnership:  To strengthen the region's collective capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from natural and human-caused disaster through effective public-private collaboration.

Continuity Forum: Creating Continuity:  Provides Independent advice, information and support to the private and public sectors covering all aspects of BCM, Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management, Emergency Planning and Security

Contingency Planning & Management: Information on the magazine, industry conferences, and links

Continuity Central: Business continuity news, jobs and information

Continuity Insights: Magazine with management-level approach to enterprise-wide continuity planning

Disaster Preparedness & Disaster Solutions for Organizations & Families:  focuses exclusively on emergency preparedness and disaster solutions for organizations, families, municipalities, and companies

Disaster Recovery Journal: Information on certification and education, industry conferences, and other resources, including "DRJ's Toolbox"

Disaster Recovery Institute International: Information on certification and education, professional practices, industry conferences, and links

Disaster Resource.com: News, articles and information on crisis/emergency management and business continuity planning resources

EmergencyNet: 24-hour news, information, analysis and coverage of disasters and major emergency events

Federal Emergency Management Agency: Information in nearly 30 categories, including businesses; directory of contacts, disaster reports, education and links

Homeland Security: The Terrorism Research Center, Inc. (TRC) is an independent institute dedicated to the research of terrorism, information warfare and security, critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, and other issues of low-intensity political violence and gray-area phenomena

National Fire Protection Association:  The Authority on fire, electrical, and building safety

READYColorado:  To help every Coloradoan become prepared to and recover from a wide array of disasters.  Tools to develop a plan for family and your workplace

Resiliency1 Index and Self Assessment:  a family of measurement instruments created to provide a wide measure of organizational preparedness, primarily for SME’s (100-1000 employees, etc.).  There are a number of sponsors, primarily from the insurance industry, with input from a number of NGO’s such as IBHS, etc.  This is based on a platform we use in our practice for data gathering across a number of activities including BIA’s, Risk Analysis, etc. 

University of Colorado @ Boulder Natural Hazards Research:  Twelve never-released Shakeout Scenario supplemental reports by consultants working on the U.S. Geological Survey-California Geological Survey planning studies.

Weathering the Storm: a presentation on severe weather preparation and response

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