Disasters in the Midwest?
Since the Radian Group is located in the midwest a frequent excuse for business’s to not develop BCP’s is
- We don’t have have earthquakes or hurricanes.
- Nothing will ever happen to use.
- What could possibly put me out of business in the surburban Chicago?
After doing a little research, I have listed some of the big events that have happened over the last 15 years. This of course does not even address small fires, IT failures, small scale power outages after a storm, or office closures due to snow storms.
- 2007 May 13th: Fox Lumber Fire; 2500 Com Ed customers lost power.
- 2006 April 13th: Fairview Heights. Roof collapsed on K&G Fashion Superstore; 1 death.
- 2004 Dec 6th: ABN AMRO. Electrical fire started when a ballast in the ceiling overheated and caught fire; no deaths
- 2004 April 20th: Utica Tornado; 8 deaths
- 2003 October 17th: Fire caused by a faulty light fixture in Cook County admin building; 6 deaths and 12 injured.
- 2003 August 27th: Workplace shooting by a former employee at a Windy City Core Supply, Inc. warehouse; 7 deaths
- 2003 February 19th: Stampede in a second-floor E2 nightclub; 21 deaths and 50 injured.
- 1995 July 12-16th: Heat wave with high daily temperatures, ranging from 93 F to 104 F; 739 deaths.
- 1992 April 13th: Chicago freight tunnel flood, piling driven into the Chicago River bottom caused a leak in one of Chicago’s underground freight tunnels. No Deaths.
Have you ever had an event which shut your business down for a day or more?
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