Business continuity briefs:
4th August 2006

'Business continuity briefs' provides a summary of new product and services press releases and other useful resources published in the last 24 hours.

GlobalOptions Group offers comprehensive pandemic ‘flu protection kits
SafirRosetti and James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), two units of GlobalOptions Group, have teamed up to create and offer a ‘Bird Flu Protection Kit’ designed to help ensure worker safety at corporations, organizations, and government agencies. The contents of the Bird Flu Protection Kit can be viewed online where order forms are also available: http://www.birdflusr2.com

RMS publishes report on 30th anniversary of Great Tangshan Earthquake
RMS has announced the publication of a report commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Great Tangshan Earthquake, which destroyed the city of Tangshan, China on July 28, 1976. The report was produced in collaboration with the China Earthquake Administration's scientific and engineering arm, the Institute of Engineering Mechanics (IEM), and distributed during a series of meetings in China from July 28 through July 31. To read report go to http://www.rms.com/Publications/1976Tangshan.pdf

FSA consults on MiFID rules for firms and markets
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published a consultation paper on implementing the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) for FSA-regulated firms and markets. Go there

Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:

Storms topple trees, cut power : US

Tropical Storm Chris weakens on path toward Cuba

Atlantic storm forecast lowered to 7 hurricanes

Floods, snow cause havoc in South African cities

Typhoon Prapiroon hits Southern China, thousands evacuated

FEMA DAILY SITREP:
- Tropical Storm Chris Updates - Chris Weakens
- Tropical Storm Chris National and Regional Preparation
- Tropical Activity
- Wildfire Update

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•Date: 4th August 2006• Region: Various