The Rehearsal Panacea

"It never rains, but pours"

This is how you may feel in an emergency. It will take place outside your normal working hours. Telephones will not work. Crucial people will be on leave. The information you so desperately need will be nowhere to be found.

Rehearse and hope that you never need the training.

Rehearsal needs repetition. This is a part of the learning process. Besides, fitments in to organizational structures change all the time. What if the fire-control team who know your products has retired or been transferred to another location?

Back-up is a related concept. Build redundancy in to your emergency control Things rarely go right the first time, especially when you need them to do so. Question all assumptions, and cover serious risks regardless of their probabilities.

Here is a link to a commendable initiative in this respect:


http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20090105/NEWS01/901050353