When the Blackstone River overflowed its banks in October 2005 during one of the worst rainstorms in almost a century, the rampaging waters took as its victims two boats that the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council (BVTC) relies on to provide visitors with scenic jaunts along the river, a service that is a key fund-raising mechanism for the group.
Anyone who grew up in Rhode Island has no doubt heard tales of deluge and disaster. Rising waters have flooded parts of the state time and time again, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage and claiming hundreds of lives over the past century.
When an Attleboro-based construction company’s computer server crashed recently, the tape drive backing up the company’s critical software failed to do its job.
In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings that rocked the nation, colleges and universities are taking a hard look at their own ability to respond to a campus crisis.
Financial executives from 500 of the world’s largest companies rated competition, supply-chain disruption and property risks as their top threats, according to a new study by Johnston-based insurer FM Global.
Whenever the next disaster strikes, the state’s restaurant industry is sure to be hit. So what guidelines are in place and how do restaurants in the path of severe storms plan to cope?
On March 21, revised fire regulations took effect across the state, reflecting the latest chapter in an effort to prevent tragedies like the 2003 Station nightclub fire, which claimed 100 lives.
Hollywood images and newspaper headlines have conditioned us to think that disasters are composites of giant explosions, stampeding crowds and commandos barking into walkie-talkies.
One of the most important things a business needs to plan ahead for is the disruption of utilities before and after a disaster. And the first step to take is to determine which utility is vital to continued operations.
In the past, large corporations planned for disasters by backing up their data, storing information off site and building redundancy into their processes. That was the early beginnings of disaster recovery/
business continuity.
