1. Who is responsible for ensuring that back-up communications and systems recovery plans are established?

2. What are your existing communications capabilities?

A. Voice________________________________________________

B. Data_________________________________________________

C. Image Transmission____________________________________

3. Take an inventory of your existing back-up communications:

A. Radio_________________________________________________

B. Cellular_______________________________________________

C. Amateur Radio_________________________________________

D. Faxes________________________________________________

E. Modems ______________________________________________

F. Public Telephones_______________________________________

G. Other Essential Service Lines_____________________________

H. Other_________________________________________________

4. Who plans to use these back-up communications during a disaster? (Identify specific work groups or people - chances are several people think they are going to use the same back-ups!!)

5. What are your critical circuits? What alternate communications capability do you have for them?

6. What are your critical systems and applications? What back-up protection do you have for them?

7. Which systems have back-up power capability? How long will they last? What are your plans once they are shut down?

8. What priorities have been established for communications and systems restoration by:

A. Location

B. User Group

9. What are your alternate routing patterns for voice or data connectivity? Are they activated automatically? If not, how will you reroute them after a disaster?

10. What emergency restoral procedures have you established with your communications and systems vendors?

11. Where do you store your communications and systems information? How is it preserved and duplicated? Will you have access to this information after a disaster?

12. Who else will need back-up communications at the time of a disaster? Officers? Emergency response and building restoration personnel?

13. Who do they primarily need to talk to?

14. What will your firm use to notify people to report to work if they are not at work when the disaster strikes?

15. Based on all of the information examined, what do you recommend for alternate communications for each department and critical member of your organization?