Foreword

Following September 11, 2001, most facility managers and their companies and agencies have developed a special intensity in their emergency preparedness efforts. Other facility managers may have been more motivated by the preparations required by the approach to Y2K. The crisis on September 11 and Y2K followed completely different scenarios, but both cried out for comprehensive emergency preparedness management, and each actively involved facility managers. It is indisputable that no facility manager can ignore emergency preparedness.

It is important to determine whether your department is prepared for

* A bomb threat

* Flooding

* A labor strike

* Workplace violence

This book examines the subject of readiness at both a macro and micro level, from planning for an emergency through recovering from disasters. It is comprehensive, and it is based on best practice and years of experience.

This book is written for facility managers by facility managers. For too long, facility managers have been emergency planning reactors rather than proactive preparedness managers. If properly applied at all levels within the facility management (FM) department, this book can change your department in how it manages this important function.

Between them, Rich Payant and Barney Lewis have more than seventy years of public and private management and facility management experience. They know from whence they speak! Payant is the director of facility management at Georgetown University and Lewis is a renowned FM consultant. They practice what they preach!

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