Alaska Public Health Training Network
The Reasons for and Key Elements of Continuity of Operations Planning

Continuity of operations planning (COOP) allows for the continuation of the essential functions of government departments or agencies during any incident or emergency that may disrupt normal operations. COOP addresses the recovery of critical and essential government operations in the event of an emergency. This can be on a short-term basis, like a power failure, where having backup capability (systems, personnel, processes, files, and etc.) can quickly resolve the situation. It can also be longer term such as in the case of a natural disaster when services are impacted for several days, or in some cases, weeks.

The presentation will: (1) introduce the concept of continuity of operations and define its objectives and scope, (2) define the organizational context of a continuity of operations policy, (3) offer an outline for a continuity of operations plan, and (4) emphasize the importance of broad organizational participation in the development, training, and testing of continuity of operations plans. These concepts and principles are applicable to governmental organizations, not-for-profit organizations, public and private businesses, and faith-based organizations.

Target Audience: Leaders in the private and public sector who are unfamiliar with COOP; leaders in these sectors familiar with COOP, but who have not engaged in the process of developing a COOP; rural public health practitioners; community planners; command and control personnel; public health and medical students; all public health professionals and their partners with whom they will need to communicate in a public health emergency.

Watch live via streaming video at http://uatv.alaska.edu
Video stream archives: http://www.chems.alaska.gov/phtn/library.asp
Please register at www.chems.alaska.gov/phtn

Friday,
May 9th,
12:00 noon
and
8:00 p.m.

and

Sunday,
May 11th,
7:00 p.m.

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The 2008 Spring Forum:
Sustainability & Juneau Energy

Peak Oil
by Scott Waterman (AK Housing Finance Corp)

and

Prospects for Renewable Energy in the Juneau Area
by David Lockard (AK Energy Authority)