Notonly is it a good idea for your company to have a businesscontinuity and emergency management plan, it's now the law. Thestandards and regulations for this law, passed by Congress in 2008, arebeing determined for each type of industry. Leadership in allindustries is being called upon to develop to thesestandards. This provides all organizations with a rare opportunity - create aviable standard for your specific industry and your leader in theirfield.
High Alert International is dedicated to empowering individuals,families, businesses, and communities to be disaster ready. Alongwith its six subsidiary companies, High Alert International providesdisaster preparedness planning, education, response, training andconsulting services to the 18 critical infrastructure industries (asidentified by the US Department of Homeland Security):
agriculture and food
banking and finance
chemical industry
commercial facilities
commercial nuclear industry
critical manufacturing
dams
defense industry
drinking water and reservoirs
emergency Services / EMS
energy/power
government facilities
healthcare and public health
information technology
monuments & icons
shipping industry (air, land, water)
telecommunications
transportation (air, land, water)
Vince Lombardi once said, "Practice the way you will play." Ourfounder, Dr. Maurice a. Ramirez advises clients, "Play the way you willplay." High Alert International and the High Alert family of companiesdoes just that, we play the way we will play. We run our company usingthe same ICS system that emergency management professional utilize tomanage all levels of disaster responses. Except were required by law,high Alert does not have the usual corporate titles, instead we areorganized by ICS function, each position in the company fully redundantto ensure corporate business continuity. There are no "Executive VP’s"or "Chief Suite Officers" instead each corporate subsidiary is headedby two Operations Section Chiefs each tasked with an operational areawithin that subsidiary.
For each of its clients, High Alert International crafts "UnexpectedSolutions for the Unexpected". This goal is achieved bydirectingand coordinating the operations each subsidiary of the High Alertfamily of companies: