Hurricane Biz
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Exercise - Mission
With the mission of bringing North Florida's business community together to work through how employees should collectively help the workplace plan and prepare for, respond to, recover from and mitigate the effects of a HURRICANE, the following organizations undertook the coordination of this very unique disaster exercise.
- Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross
- Capital Area Citizen Corps
- City of Tallahassee
- Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce
- Leon County
- State of Florida Department Of Financial Services
- North Florida Regional Domestic Security Task Force
- WCTV - Channel 6
This four hour tabletop exercise provided business leaders and company employees an opportunity to learn the importance of working together when disaster strikes. Participants worked within their workplace group as they undertook coordination of activities such as business planning and preparedness, threat assessment, needs assessment and continuity of operations.
Exercise - Recommended Participants
- Small Companies (1 to 10 employees)
- Mid-Size Companies (11 to 25 employees)
- Large Companies (26 employees and up)
- Food Service
- Government
- Grocery Store
- Health Care
- Hotel / Motel
- Insurance
- Manufacturing
- Retail
- Professional
- Sales
- Wholesale
Exercise - Method
Businesses throughout North Florida were invited to participate in this exercise which was held on June 28 2007 from 9:00AM through 1:00PM in Tallahassee.
| Exercise Information | ||
| Date | Thursday June 28 2007 | |
| Time | 9:00AM - 1:00PM | |
| Location | Economic & Workforce Development Building Tallahassee Community College Pensacola Street Tallahassee Florida |
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Businesses participating in the exercise were asked to recruit a minimum of two employees to represent their entire organization.
During the exercise participants were required to call various fellow employees and vendors to discuss action items that should be taken as the workplace plans and prepares for, responds to and recovers from Hurricane Biz, so participants were required to bring a cell phone and important phone numbers.
| Document | Format | |
| Fact Sheet | ||
| Overview | Power Point | |
| Promotional Flyer | ||
Exercise - Situation Manual
Situation Manuals were written for numerous sizes and types of businesses. Each of the various Situation Manuals contained three (3) exercise segments:- Planning / Preparedness Simulation
- During The Storm Simulation
- Response / Recovery Simulation
| Document | Format | |
| Small Business - Master Sequence Of Events List | ||
| Auto Dealership | ||
| Church | ||
| Financial Institution | ||
| Government Agency | ||
| Health Care Facility | ||
| Hotel / Motel | ||
| Insurance | ||
| Non-Profit Organization | ||
| Manufacturing | ||
| Professional | ||
| Retail | ||
| Sales | ||
| Veterinary Clinic | ||
| Wholesale | ||
| Mid-Size Business - Master Sequence Of Events List | ||
| Auto Dealership | ||
| Church | ||
| Financial Institution | ||
| Government Agency | ||
| Health Care Facility | ||
| Hotel / Motel | ||
| Insurance | ||
| Non-Profit Organization | ||
| Manufacturing | ||
| Professional | ||
| Retail | ||
| Sales | ||
| Veterinary Clinic | ||
| Wholesale | ||
| Large Business - Master Sequence Of Events List | ||
| Auto Dealership | ||
| Church | ||
| Financial Institution | ||
| Government Agency | ||
| Health Care Facility | ||
| Hotel / Motel | ||
| Insurance | ||
| Non-Profit Organization | ||
| Manufacturing | ||
| Professional | ||
| Retail | ||
| Sales | ||
| Veterinary Clinic | ||
| Wholesale | ||
Exercise - Advisories
| National Hurricane Center | Date | Time |
| Storm Track Advisory Number One | Monday | 11:00AM |
| Storm Track Advisory Number Two | Monday | 5:00PM |
| Storm Track Advisory Number Three | Monday | 11:00PM | Storm Track Advisory Number Four | Tuesday | 5:00AM | Storm Track Advisory Number Five | Tuesday | 11:00AM | Storm Track Advisory Number Six | Tuesday | 5:00PM | Storm Track Advisory Number Seven | Tuesday | 11:00PM | Storm Track Advisory Number Eight | Wednesday | 5:00AM | Storm Track Advisory Number Nine | Wednesday | 11:00AM | Storm Track Advisory Number Ten | Wednesday | 5:00PM | Storm Track Advisory Number Eleven | Wednesday | 11:00PM | Storm Track Advisory Number Twelve | Thursday | 5:00AM | Storm Track Advisory Number Thirteen | Thursday | 11:00AM | Storm Track Advisory Number Fourteen | Thursday | 5:00PM | Storm Track Advisory Number Fifteen | Thursday | 11:00PM |
Exercise - Maps
Each of the businesses participating in the Hurricane Biz exercise was provided a map of the extent of damage surrounding their business headquarters building.
| Business | Format |
| Business Number 1 | |
| Business Number 2 | |
| Business Number 3 | |
| Business Number 4 | |
| Business Number 5 | |
| Business Number 6 | |
| Business Number 7 | |
| Business Number 8 | |
| Business Number 9 | |
| Business Number 10 |
Exercise - Benefits
In addition to the lessons employees learned by taking part in this unique exercise, each participating organization received a free BUSINESS DISASTER RESPONSE KIT. Lunch was also provided as part of this important learning opportunity and useful door prizes such as NOAA Weather Radios were given away.Exercise - Business Hazard Identification / Vulnerability Assessment
Organizations who participated in the Hurricane Biz exercise were required to complete a Business Hazard Identification / Vulnerability Assessment (HIVA) prior to the exercise.Copies of completed Business Hazard Identification / Vulnerability Assessments can be found at:
| Document | Format | |
| Business Hazard Identification / Vulnerability Assessment | HTML | |
Exercise - Preparing And Preparedness Resources
Vital on-line information on how to prepare individuals, families, neighborhoods and the workplace for a hurricane can be found at:
| Document | Format | |
| Disaster Education, Preparedness, Planning and Mitigation Library | HTML | |
| Hurricane Survival Guide For The Capital Area | HTML | |
Exercise - Participating Businesses
The following list of businesses participated in the Hurricane Biz - A Business Tabletop Exercise:
| Business Name | Type Of Business | Size |
| Awards 4U Inc | Retail | Mid-Size |
| Cabot Lodge Inc | Hotel / Motel | Mid-Size |
| City of Tallahassee | Government | Large |
| CODAGENX Inc | Service | Small |
| Custom Interior Remodeling Consultants Inc | Service | Small |
| ECHO Outreach Ministries Inc | Non Proffit | Mid Size |
| Glasco And Associates LLC | Service | Small |
| Goodwill Industries Big Bend Inc | Retail | Large |
| Governors Inn Inc | Hotel / Motel | Mid-Size |
| HD Supply Inc | Service | Mid-Size |
| Herrle Communications Group | Service | Mid-Size |
| Imarcs Group LLC | Service | Small |
| Johnson Peterson Architects Inc | Professional | Small |
| Premier Bank | Financial | Large |
| Proctor GM Inc | Service | Large |
| RB Oppenheim Associates Inc | Advertising | Small |
| State of Florida - Department of Education | Government | Large |
| Streamline Roofing & Construction Inc | Construction | Mid-Size |
| Tallahassee Orrhopedic Clinic Inc | Health Care | Large |
| United Solutions Company Inc | Service | Small |
| WCTV Channel 6 | Broadcasting | Large |
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