Hurricane Biz Florida Initiative
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Hurricane Biz Florida Initiative |
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Hurricane Biz Florida Initiative
With funding from the Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross and the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management, Florida's American Red Cross chapters had the opportunity to receive grant funding to facilitate Hurricane Biz Exercises within their chapter's jurisdiction.
The Hurricane Biz Florida Initiative provided the following resources to chapter's willing to facilitate Hurricane Biz Exercises within their chapter's jurisdiction.
- $1,000 In Grant Funding Per Exercise Facilitated
- Web Based Exercise Recruitment Support
- All Printed Exercise Materials
- Situation Manual
- Maps
- Exercise Placards
- Projected Storm Track
- Technical Support
Hurricane Biz Florida Initiative - Grant Application
In an effort to streamline the process of applying for grant funds to facilitate Hurricane Biz Exercises in your chapter's jurisdiction, the Capital Area Chapter prepared a very simple on-line grant application.
Once the application had been approved the chapter was contacted VIA phone.
Hurricane Biz Florida Initiative - Approved Grant Applications
The following chapter's grant applications were approved for the posted county and date.
| Approved Grant Applications | ||
| Greater Palm Beach Area Chapter | ||
| Okeechobee County - May 10 2007 | ||
| Hendry County - May 24 2007 | ||
| Manatee County Chapter | ||
| Manatee County - April 20 2007 | ||
| Martin County Chapter | ||
| Martin County I - April 26 2007 | ||
| Martin County II - May 24 2007 | ||
Hurricane Biz Florida Initiative - History
Listed below were the history of offerings of the Hurricane Biz Exercise.
| Past Hurricane Biz Exercises |
| Leon County Florida - March 2006 |
| Gadsden County Florida - July 2006 |
| Jefferson County Florida - August 2006 |
| Thomas County Georgia - August 2006 |
| Franklin County Florida - October 2006 |
| Wakulla County Florida - October 2006 |
Hurricane Biz Florida Initiative - Overview
What follows is an overview of how the Hurricane Biz Exercise targeted the business community with a powerful learning opportunity designed to prepare the workplace for the next disaster.
Exercise - Mission
This four hour tabletop exercise was designed to provide business leaders and company employees with an opportunity to learn the importance of working together when disaster strikes. Participants worked within their workplace group as they undertook coordination of activities such as business planning and preparedness, threat assessment, needs assessment and continuity of operations.
Exercise - Recommended Participants
- Small Companies (1 to 10 employees)
- Mid-Size Companies (11 to 25 employees)
- Large Companies (26 employees and up)
- Church
- Food Service
- Government
- Grocery Store
- Health Care
- Hotel / Motel
- Insurance
- Manufacturing
- Non Profit Organization
- Retail
- Professional
- Sales
- Wholesale
Businesses participating in the exercise were asked to recruit a minimum of two employees to represent their entire organization.
During the exercise participants were required to call various fellow employees and vendors to discuss action items that should be taken as the workplace plans and prepares for, responds to and recovers from Hurricane Biz, so participants were required to bring a cell phone and important phone numbers.
| Document | Format | |
| Overview | Power Point Presentation | |
Exercise - Situation Manual
Situation Manuals are written for numerous sizes and types of businesses. Each of the various Situation Manuals contained three (3) exercise segments:
- Planning / Preparedness Simulation
- During The Storm Simulation
- Response / Recovery Simulation
| Document | Format | |
| Small Business - Master Sequence Of Events List | ||
| Auto Dealership | ||
| Government Agency | ||
| Health Care Facility | ||
| Insurance | ||
| Manufacturing | ||
| Professional | ||
| Retail | ||
| Sales | ||
| Wholesale | ||
| Mid-Size Business - Master Sequence Of Events List | ||
| Church | ||
| Government Agency | ||
| Health Care Facility | ||
| Hotel / Motel | ||
| Insurance | ||
| Non-Profit Organization | ||
| Manufacturing | ||
| Professional | ||
| Retail | ||
| Sales | ||
| Veterinary Clinic | ||
| Wholesale | ||
| Large Business - Master Sequence Of Events List | ||
| Auto Dealership | ||
| Church | ||
| Financial Institution | ||
| Government Agency | ||
| Health Care Facility | ||
| Hotel / Motel | ||
| Insurance | ||
| Non-Profit Organization | ||
| Manufacturing | ||
| Professional | ||
| Retail | ||
| Sales | ||
| Veterinary Clinic | ||
| Wholesale | ||
Exercise - Advisories
Provided below is a variety of hurricane tracks with landfalling storm in Florida.
Additional Storm Tracks are currently under development and will be posted with in the next week.
Exercise - Maps
Each of the businesses participating in the Hurricane Biz Exercise are provided a map of the extent of damage surrounding their business headquarters building.
| Business | Format |
| Business Number One | |
| Business Number Two | |
| Business Number Three | |
| Business Number Four | |
| Business Number Five | |
| Business Number Six | |
| Business Number Seven | |
| Business Number Eight | |
| Business Number Nine | |
| Business Number Ten | |
| Business Number Eleven | |
| Business Number Tweleve | |
| Business Number Thirteen | |
| Business Number Fourteen | |
| Business Number Fifteen |
Exercise - Business Hazard Identification / Vulnerability Assessment
Organizations who participate in the Hurricane Biz Exercise are required to complete a Business Hazard Identification / Vulnerability Assessment (HIVA) prior to the exercise.
Listed below are Hazard Identification and Vulnerability Assessments completed by businesses and neighborhood associations from throughout the country.
The purpose of posting the HIVAs is to provide information that will help you begin the process of preparing your business and / or neighborhood for the next disaster.
Business Hazard Identification and Vulnerability Assessments
Listed below are recently completed Hazard Identification and Vulnerability Assessments for businesses.
| Busines Name | County | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | ||
| NCH Healthcare Systems Inc | Collier County | |
| Neighborhood Health Clinic Inc | Collier County | |
| Willow Brook LLC | Columbia County | |
| E W Bullock Associates Inc | Excambia County | |
| Vision Bank | Gulf County | |
| Farmers & Merchants Bank | Jefferson County | |
| 211 Big Bend Inc | Leon County | |
| Abilities Of Florida | Leon County | |
| Ability First Inc | Leon County | |
| Aegis Computer Services Inc | Leon County | |
| Akin & Associates Architects Inc | Leon County | |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | Leon County | |
| Arbor E & T Inc | Leon County | |
| ASD Inc | Leon County | |
| B B & T | Leon County | |
| Brandt Information Services Inc | Leon County | |
| Big Bend Hospice | Leon County | |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Of The Big Bend Inc | Leon County | |
| Bond Community Health Center Inc | Leon County | |
| Broker Group Realty Inc | Leon County | |
| Bryant Miller & Olive PA | Leon County | |
| Capital City Bank (Site # 01) | Leon County | |
| Capital City Bank (Site # 02) | Leon County | |
| Capital City Bank (Site # 03) | Leon County | |
| Carr Riggs And Ingram | Leon County | |
| Century Publishing Co Inc | Leon County | |
| Children's Home Society | Leon County | |
| City Of Tallahassee - Engineering Department | Leon County | |
| CCLA Inc | Leon County | |
| Coldwell Banker Hartung & Noblin Inc | Leon County | |
| Confidential Shredding & Recycling Inc | Leon County | |
| Corporation Service Company Inc | Leon County | |
| DISC Village Inc | Leon County | |
| ECHO Outreach Ministries | Leon County | |
| Elder Care Services | Leon County | |
| Envision Credit Union | Leon County | |
| ERS Group | Leon County | |
| FAAST | Leon County | |
| Faith Presbyterian Church | Leon County | |
| Financial Partners Of North Florida Inc | Leon County | |
| Florida Chamber Of Commerce | Leon County | |
| Florida Housing Finance Corp | Leon County | |
| Florida State University | Leon County | |
| Florida Surplus Lines Services Inc | Leon County | |
| Forms Management Inc | Leon County | |
| Fringe Benefits Management Company Inc | Leon County | |
| FUBA Workers Comp Inc | Leon County | |
| Genesis Group Inc | Leon County | |
| Greater Tallahassee Chamber Of Commerce | Leon County | |
| GVA Advantis Inc | Leon County | |
| Hampton Inn & Suites Inc | Leon County | |
| Hunt Insurance Group Inc | Leon County | |
| Lyones Digital Media Inc | Leon County | |
| Notary Public Underwriters Inc | Leon County | |
| Premier Bank | Leon County | |
| SEVA Technologies LLC | Leon County | |
| St Joe Land Company Inc | Leon County | |
| State Of Florida Department Of Revenue | Leon County | |
| Suwannee River Area Council - Boy Scouts Of America |
Leon County | |
| Tallahassee Area Convention And Visitors Bureau | Leon County | |
| Tallahassee Diagnostic Imaging Inc | Leon County | |
| The Printing House Inc | Leon County | |
| US Forest Service | Leon County | |
| Vernon Company Inc | Leon County | |
| ARC / Madison - Jefferson Inc | Madison County | |
| Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council | Pinellas County | |
| Georgia | ||
| J Smith Lanier & Co Inc | Thomas County | |
| Centek Industries Inc | Leon County | |
| Michigan | ||
| MCADSV Inc | Ingrham County | |
| Texas | ||
| Puppies & Paws Rescue Inc | Jefferson County | |
Neighborhood Hazard Identification and Vulnerability Assessments
Listed below are recently completed Hazard Identification and Vulnerability Assessments for neighborhoods.
| Neighborhood Name | County | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | ||
| Washington Drive | New Haven County | |
| Florida | ||
| Olde Eau Gallie | Brevard County | |
| Bluebird Avenue | De Soto County | |
| Auscilla Shores | Jefferson County | |
| Arlington Ridge | Lake County | |
| Brittany Estate Mobile Home Park | Leon County | |
| Easton Glen | Leon County | |
| Killearn Estates | Leon County | |
| Linene Woods | Leon County | |
| North Monroe Community Alliance | Leon County | |
| San Luis Ridge | Leon County | |
| Scenic Heights | Leon County | |
| Westover | Leon County | |
| Wilkinson Woods | Leon County | |
| Southwood | Orange County | |
| Georgia | ||
| Huntcliff Trace | Fulton County | |
| Illinois | ||
| Bronsville | Cook County | |
| West Granite | Madison County | |
| Louisiana | ||
| Broadmoor | Orleans Parrish | |
| Michigan | ||
| Detroit | Detroit County | |
| Minnesota | ||
| Stonebrook | Dakota County | |
| Virginia | ||
| Pasture Point | Hampton County | |
| Washington | ||
| Parkland | Pierce County | |