CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
“One of the oldest axioms within the field of disaster recovery or business continuity planning is that a plan that is not tested or maintained is of little value, or in some cases worse than no plan at all.” – (Armit, 2007, p. 323).
The intermittent fire alarm warning sounded. It was not the routine weekly test of the system, scheduled for every Tuesday morning at 10 am. The multi-storey building housed around 500 occupants who instinctively followed standard procedure, cleared their desks, powered off their PCs and prepared to evacuate. Fire wardens donned their high visibility jackets and took up position at their designated stations, including those detailed to assist both pregnant and disabled staff evacuate, should ...
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