Resources

Events

• Click here for business continuity events, seminars and national meetings!

Washington State

• CREW
• King County Office of Emergency Management
• Pacific NW Seismograph Network
• Pierce County Department of Emergency Management
• Project Impact - Seattle
• Seattle Emergency Management
• Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management
• The Disaster Center's Washington Page
• Washington State Disaster History
• Washington State Emergency Management Division
  • Washington State Emergency Management - Business Portal
• NOAA - National Weather Service, Seattle, WA
  • FLARE Software - Click here for download and details and here for set up documentation

Federal Government

• DHS
• FEMA
• NEMA
• Pandemicflu.Gov
  • Pandemic Flu Business Checklist - PDF
• Ready.Gov
• USGS
• US-Cert

Organizations

• Business Continuity Center of Seattle
• BCI
• DRI International (DRII)
• Association of Contingency Planners (ACP)
• Institue for Business Safety - "Open for Business"
• ASIS International - Framework for Voluntary Preparedness
• Center for Continuity Leadership
• Continuity Planners Group

Publications

• Disaster Recovery Journal
• Continuity Insights

Websites

• ContinuityPlanning
• Disaster-Resource
• Continuitycentral
• GlobalContinuity
• Gelman Library - Crises, Disaster, and Risk Management Links
• Public Domain Capability Maturity Model

Job Sites

• BC Management

Education and Training

• The International Consortium for Organizational Resilience
• Washington State Military Department - Emergency Management Division
• International Association of Emergency Managers
• National Preparedness Month - Department of Homeland Security
• EXT 497A EM Business Continuity Planning, Western Washington University, Online Course
• Disaster Recovery Institute International
  • BCLE 2000 course: Redmond or Tacoma, WA. 4days followed by CBCP qualifying exam. Click on the link for further details.
• The National Standard on Disaster/ Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs (NFPA 1600)
• The Center for Continuity Leadership
• University of WA- Master in Strategic Planning for Critical Infrastructures
• Western WA University Emergency Management Certificate Program
• Emerging Infections and Biopreparedness (online)

Education and Training information is listed to provide ACP members with information on available industry education and training. The Washington State Chapter of ACP is in not endorsing any vendors or training listed on this page, unless specifically stated.

Forms & Documents

• DRJ Glossary
• DRJ Toolbox
• Call Tree
• DR Journal
• Damage Assessment Form and Instructions
• Travel Information

Reports

• Downtime Cost by Industry
• Report - WA & Homeland Security