Welcome to The Greater Tampa Bay Association of Contingency Planners
Our meetings are generally held on the last Wednesday of every month from 11:30am to 1:00pm (locations vary).
This Month's Meeting: "Mitigation as a Precursor to Recovery"
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, May 30th, 11:30AM - 1:00PM
SPEAKER: Chuck Miccolis, Commercial Lines Engineer at IBHS
LOCATION: Best Western Bay Harbor Hotel on Rocky Point, 7700 Courtney Campbell Causeway, Tampa, FL 33607. (813) 281-8900.
Register for this month's meeting at: http://gtbacp.com/register
MEETING DESCRIPTION:
Historically, there has always been a conflict between the built environment and Mother Nature. Every year, hurricanes, tornados, hail, floods, severe winter weather, and wildfire result in billions of dollars in direct and indirect losses to homes and commercial enterprises in all parts of the U.S. Although property insurance may cover many of these costs, businesses that are severely damaged may never fully recover financially due to the loss of management focus, employees, and competitive market share; by many estimates, as many as 1 in 4 businesses forced to close after a disaster never reopen. This is why the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) has developed tools to help equip business owners with resources to become better prepared through business continuity planning practices and engineering guidance for building a stronger new commercial facility when the opportunity arises. Chuck will be discussing who IBHS is and some of the commercial related research they are conducting, providing an overview of their FORTIFIED for Safer Business program that includes voluntary superior construction guidelines for new more resilient structures for small to mid-size businesses, mitigation techniques, including inexpensive low hanging fruit type fixes as well as more long term improvement, and providing information on severe weather emergency planning that will help in the protection of physical assets and improve recovery.
In addition, Gail Moraton, GTBACP member and also an employee at IBHS, will briefly discuss IBHS’ Open for Business®, a free property protection and business continuity toolkit. Learn how Open for Business® can assist small businesses in multi-hazard business continuity planning.
We look forward to seeing you there!
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Chuck Miccolis joined IBHS in Oct 2010 as their Commercial Lines Engineer. Chuck is responsible for creating voluntary commercial construction guidelines and standards focused on mitigating losses from natural and man-made hazards. He is the lead engineer responsible for the FORTIFIED for Safer Business™ program. He also works with other IBHS engineers conducting field research and testing at the IBHS Research Center.
GREATER TAMPA BAY ACP COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS:
We encourage you to join and follow our electronic message board on the LinkedIn business networking platform. If you currently have a LinkedIn profile, then look for the Association of Contingency Planners (ACP) - Greater Tampa Bay newsgroup. We will post information about our monthly meetings as well as upcoming regional training sessions and related meetings, resume postings and job opportunities, and non-commercial information exchange between the participants. http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2931799&trk=anet_ug_hm
GREATER TAMPA BAY ACP SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM:
The Greater Tampa Bay Chapter has introduced a sponsorship program for interested organizations in our region. The $500 annual cost will provide your firm with a number of promotional and advertising opportunities.
Our local Chapter is sponsored and supported by:
- Elliot Consulting Group
- Aventus Solutions
- Blue Cross / Blue Shield of Florida
- Cox Target Media / Valpak
Please contact Steve Elliot for more information about our Chapter's sponsorship program.
GREATER TAMPA BAY ACP WHITEPAPERS & MATERIALS:
We have opportunities for authors and practitioners to share their thoughts with others, both locally and nationally within the ACP. Our Chapter website has a "Knowledge" tab which is where you will find copies of the presentations from previous Chapter meetings. We would also like to include any whitepapers, BCP forms, and related materials that the members of our Chapter would like to share with others.
Additionally the National Chapter of ACP is seeking Whitepapers and Materials to include on the National ACP website and within the National ACP electronic newsletter. Your contributions will count towards your continuing education credits. Please contact me for more information.
