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BCP News for Multinational Companies

ICS for Executives Incident Command System is the international standard command-and-control structure used by public authorities to manage emergencies. FCP will offer ICS training for the private sector for the first time, taught by a former Singapore Civil Defense Force instructor. The one-day course shows business managers and BCP professionals how to apply ICS for emergency response. For dates and information, send an inquiry to Emergency Management at FCP. For more information about the concept of ICS, click here.

Blackout in Beijing New York’s power failure got all the coverage, but Beijing suffered a huge blackout on August 16, resulting in power cuts as long as 23 hours. Read the story. Why did the Big Apple Blackout get more coverage in Asia than this event closer to home?

Society for Loss Prevention is a Singapore professional society of HSE managers in the oil, chemical and process industries. Last month SLP hosted a roundtable discussion about new security measures on Jurong Island; in 2002, Nathaniel Forbes addressed the group about BCP. The SLP website focuses on health, safety and security issues.

Disaster Case Study A tornado hammered a General Motors plant on May 8, 2003. No one was injured and just 7 weeks later, the plant is in operation. Good business continuity planning! See the disaster photos and read the article from AutoNews.

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