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
- North Florida Regional Domestic Security Task Force
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 April 5 from 9:00AM through 1:00PM in Tallahassee.
| Exercise Information | ||
| Date | Thursday April 5 | |
| 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 Presentation | |
| 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 participate 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 Hurricane Biz - A Business Tabletop Exercise:
| Business Name | Type Of Business | Size |
| ACS Inc | Computer Service | Large |
| Advocacy Center for Persons With Disabilities Inc | Not For Profit | Large |
| Alterra Clare Bridge | Health Care | Large |
| Apalachee Center Inc | Health Care | Large |
| Arbor Early Learning Inc | Professional | Mid-Size |
| Benson's Heating and Air Conditioning Inc | Professional | Large |
| Big Bend Cares Inc | Not For Profit | Large |
| Big Bend Hospice Inc | Hospice | Large |
| Boy Scouts of America - Suwannee River Area Council | Not For Profit | Mid-Size |
| Brandt Information Services Inc | Professional | Large |
| Cambridge Systematics Inc | Professional | Mid-Size |
| Capital Health Plan Inc | Health Care | Large |
| Children's Home Society Inc | Not For Profit | Large |
| Coloney Bell Engineering Inc | Consultant | Mid-Size |
| Credit Uniton 24 Inc | Financial | Mid-Size |
| ERS Group Inc | Consultant | Large |
| Farm Bureau Insurance Inc | Service | Small |
| Florida Chamber of Commerce | Not For Profit | Large |
| Florida Health Care Association | Professional | Mid-Size |
| Florida Housing Finance Corp | Government | Large |
| Florida State University - Library Services | Government | Large |
| Insight Consulting Inc | Consultant | Small |
| Genesis Group Incc | Professional | Large |
| Girls and Boys Town of North Florida | Not For Profit | Large |
| Head Start - State Collaboration Office | Not For Profit | Small |
| Hurricane Shutter Solutions Inc | Construction | Small |
| Insight Consulting Inc | Professional | Small |
| Lab Corp | Health Care | Large |
| Mary Brogan Museum Inc | Not For Profit | Mid-Size |
| North Florida Women's Care Inc | Health Care | Large |
| Northwood Animal Hospital Inc | Veterinary Hospital | Small |
| PATLive Inc | Service | Large |
| Prudential Financial Inc | Consultant | Small |
| Resource Managers Inc | Professional | Small |
| State of Florida - Department of Children and Families | Government | Large |
| Talla-Com Industries Inc | Manufacturing | Large |
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