The Navis Group

Emergency Evacuation

Evacuation - radiation / chemical spill / gas

Whether malicious (terrorism) or accidental, the possibility of evacuation exists for situations such as nuclear power plant radiation leaks, "dirty bombs", chemical rail-car derailments, or gas-line breaches.

Consider a scenario in which a circular area with a radius of 15 miles, with your main operational location (main branch or data center for example), is evacuated. The "event" occurs on a Thursday morning such that the evacuation orders are mandatory and occur at 11:30 a.m. The crisis lasts for a period of three days, such that residents and businesses are not allowed to return to the area until 3:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.

Discussion points should include, but not be limited to:

• Facility closure(s)
• People (and their families)
• Communications - customers, employees, etc
• Security (looting as a concern, particularly with respect to info security)
• Re-opening - when, how, etc