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As the CSA Z1600 technical committee updates the Z1600 Canadian standard for emergency management and business continuity programs, efforts are being made to reflect the need to address social media in ones program. There are some positive points and some gaps. Possibly you can help fill them.
In the communication section, the standard will required organizations to develop overall strategies for effective communication throughout ones emergency management and business continuity program. In addition to requirements to complete an assessment to determine the communication needs and establish systems and procedures some references have been included on the need to consider social media. Because the committee is striving to keep the main part of the standard as concise as possible,…
For those who may be interested in having EMAP accredit their program they will be interested to hear the 2013 Proposed EMAP Standard is Open for Public Review & Comment: Deadline June 15
The Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) is pleased to announce the public review and comment period for the Proposed 2013 Emergency Management Standard by EMAP (click here to go to the comment form). The public review and comment period will run from March 15th through June 15th, 2012.
The public comment and review period is part of the three year Standard Review Process to update the Emergency Management Standard by EMAP. Comments may be made on any of the 64 standards,…
The Canadian Standard Association technical committee responsible for the Z1600 standard for emergency management and business continuity programs is working hard on an updated draft which will soon be released for public review. The technical committee members provide a balanced mix of public and private sector emergency management and business continuity professionals. Here are a few highlights from the meeting and a video summary from Committee chairman Graeme Jannaway.
Although Canada has the Canadian Standards Association Z1600 standard for emergency management and business continuity programs, I thought you might be interested in the release of this ISO standard. You should be aware that some of the Z1600 technical committee members are involved with the ISO technical committee and concepts included in the ISO standard are reviewed and considered for the Canadian standard. The following text was taken from the ISO News.
Prof. Ernst-Peter Döbbeling, Convener of the working group…
The current version of the Canadian Standards Association Z1600 standard for emergency management and business continuity programs requires one to have a process to conduct a "Situation Analysis" to support response and recovery operations. Can you tell us about the process or methodology your organization uses.
As a member of the Canadian Standards Association Technical Committee for the Z1600 emergency management and business continuity standard, I would apreciate your input on this question about the process you use to conduct a situation analysis. The technical committee is in the process of updating the standard, which will likely be reissued in 2013, and we would like to include reference to process that are used to conduct a situation analysis in the annex to the standard.
For an example of a…
I thought it appropriate to reference this capability based planning initiative in the standards blog as it is being developed with federal government support and is seen as being applicable to public and private sector response plans in Canada.
The two following paragraphs were taken from the executive summary.
"Staff at Defence Research and Development Canada - Centre for Security Science (DRDC CSS), incooperation with approximately 250 stakeholders and partners from federal, provincial/territorial, andmunicipal organizations as well as non-government organizations (NGOs), academia, and the privatesector have completed the first draft of our Capability-Based Planning (CBP) structure. This draftincludes a set of Resource Typing…
This Z1600 meeting will provide technical committee members with updates on other leading standards such as NFPA 1600 and international standards. The committee will consider recommendations for upgrading Canada's emergency management and business continuity standard and also revisions to the CSA Z731 standard.
To submit recommended upgrades for the communications and warning section of the standard, please see my December article which has a copy of the comunication and warning section attached.
The March edition of NFPA News is available. It identifies potential items of concerns for those who follow the standards development a NFPA as well as committees seeking members. The March edition can be reached at: http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files/PDF/NFPA%20News/NFPANews0311.pdf
Of particular interest. The Report on Comments have been produced for the following standards. Anyone can review these on line at NFPA.: (this is not the complete list but highlights)
NFPA 3 Recommended Practice on Commissioning and Integrated Testing of Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems (New standard)
NFPA 30 Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code
NFPA 92 Standard for Smoke Management Systems
NFPA 99 Standard for Health Care Facilities
NFPA 101 Life Safety Code®
NFPA 232 Standard…
This important conference produced a 2nd edition of the Canadian, "Emergency Management Framework for Canada" first published in 2008 as well as other worthwhile strategies (my words) regarding a host of emergency management topics. I recommend that you take the time to download and safe these for future reference. In a 'nutshell' this shows one of the most progressive moves on the part of these Ministers.
Hello to my colleagues:
Pat here in the warm, wet coast (earlier today +14C) and just the other day ran across something very worthwhile and located on the Public Safety Canada website.
The Federal-Provincial-Territorial Minsters responsible for Emergency Management met January 26th in Toronto.
During the meeting, the Ministers approved the 2011 revised edition of An Emergency Management Framework for Canada which reflects recent developments in the emergency management field to…
Responding to the needs of Canada’s emergency services personnel, CSA Standards and the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) have developed the first national standard for protection of First Responders from Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Events.
CBRN PPE Standard For First Responders - CAN/CGSB/CSA Z1610-11
Responding to the needs of Canada's emergency services personnel, CSA Standards and the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) have developed the first national standard for protection of First Responders from Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Events. This standard provides risk-based guidance to first responders on selecting and using the appropriate level and type of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)…
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