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SUMMARY:Lunch & Learn - Business Resiliency After Disasters
DESCRIPTION:Most small businesses that close after a disaster do not close because of wind or water. They close in the weeks that follow: no way to reach employees or customers\, records gone\, cash exhausted before insurance or assistance arrives. Research suggests the median small business holds less than a month of cash reserves\, and figures long cited by FEMA indicate a large share of businesses hit by disasters never reopen.\n\n\n\nBrett Wallace with the Alachua County COAD/LTRG will provide owners and managers of businesses under 100 employees a practical resiliency framework grounded in the current international standards\, with a dedicated set of tactics for businesses under 10 employees. \n\n\n\nAttendees leave with a one-page resiliency quick plan they can complete the same week. The perspective throughout is where the rubber meets the road: field-tested emergency management rather than an IT view of continuity.\n\n \n\nAbout the Speaker\n\nBrett R. Wallace: Military: 23 years Navy Special Operations: 7 years Deep-Sea (hard-hat) Diver\, 16 years EOD \n\n(Naval Parachutist & Diver). SME in CBRNe/WMD response\, Anti/Counterterrorism\, Weapons \n\nTechnical Intelligence\, and tactical communications. Combat tours in Iraq ('05/'06\, Bronze Star \n\nMedal) and Afghanistan ('07). Government Civilian / Contractor: 12 years in EM. 5 years Emergency Manager (GS-12)\, U.S. Naval Hospital Guam\; 7 years contract EM SME / Training & Exercise Coordinator\, U.S. Navy \n\nBureau of Medicine & Surgery. BS Health Science\; Certificate in Disaster & Emergency \n\nManagement.\n\nCurrent: Owner\, PACE Resiliency Training & Consulting\, LLC. Adjunct Faculty\, Defense Medical \n\nReadiness Training Institute\; Public Health Emergency Management at JBSA & Uniformed \n\nServices University. Chairman\, Alachua County COAD/LTRG. President\, Alachua County \n\nAUXCOMM (NF4AC).
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p dir="ltr" helvetica="" line-height:="" margin-bottom:="" margin-top:="" segoe="" style="color: rgb(36\, 36\, 36)\;" ui="" web="" west=""><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Most small businesses that close after a disaster do not close because of wind or water. They close in the weeks that follow: no way to reach employees or customers\, records gone\, cash exhausted before insurance or assistance arrives. Research suggests the median small business holds less than a month of cash reserves\, and figures long cited by FEMA indicate a large share of businesses hit by disasters never reopen.<br />\n<br />\nBrett Wallace with the Alachua County COAD/LTRG will provide owners and managers of businesses under 100 employees a practical resiliency framework grounded in the current international standards\, with a dedicated set of tactics for businesses under 10 employees.&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\nAttendees leave with a one-page resiliency quick plan they can complete the same week. The perspective throughout is where the rubber meets the road: field-tested emergency management rather than an IT view of continuity.</span></span></p>\n\n<p dir="ltr">&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><u><strong>About the Speaker</strong></u><br />\nBrett R. Wallace: Military: 23 years Navy Special Operations: 7 years Deep-Sea (hard-hat) Diver\, 16 years EOD&nbsp\;<br />\n(Naval Parachutist &amp\; Diver). SME in CBRNe/WMD response\, Anti/Counterterrorism\, Weapons&nbsp\;<br />\nTechnical Intelligence\, and tactical communications. Combat tours in Iraq (&rsquo\;05/&rsquo\;06\, Bronze Star&nbsp\;<br />\nMedal) and Afghanistan (&rsquo\;07).&nbsp\;Government Civilian / Contractor: 12 years in EM. 5 years Emergency Manager (GS-12)\, U.S.&nbsp\;Naval Hospital Guam\; 7 years contract EM SME / Training &amp\; Exercise Coordinator\, U.S. Navy&nbsp\;<br />\nBureau of Medicine &amp\; Surgery. BS Health Science\; Certificate in Disaster &amp\; Emergency&nbsp\;<br />\nManagement.<br />\nCurrent: Owner\, PACE Resiliency Training &amp\; Consulting\, LLC. Adjunct Faculty\, Defense Medical&nbsp\;<br />\nReadiness Training Institute\; Public Health Emergency Management at JBSA &amp\; Uniformed&nbsp\;<br />\nServices University. Chairman\, Alachua County COAD/LTRG. President\, Alachua County&nbsp\;<br />\nAUXCOMM (NF4AC).</span></span></div>\n\n<div dir="ltr">&nbsp\;</div>\n
LOCATION:LifeSouth Community Blood Centers 1221 NW 13th Street Gainesville\, FL 32601
UID:e.1555.39828
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DTSTAMP:20260808T025155Z
URL:http://business.gainesvillechamber.com/events/details/lunch-learn-business-resiliency-after-disasters-39828
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