To Hell and Back in Five Days:
Lessons in disaster recoveryand emergency response.
Jon DiPietroPrincipal, Bridge-Soft
“Burning Trees” courtesy of Sascha Grant via Creative Commons on Flickr
400 fires
1,000,000+ acres
173 dead
414 injured
Preparation
“If you want to make an apple pie from scratch,
you must first create the universe.”- Carl Sagan
Documentation
Human Resources
Relationships
Planning
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory.
Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”- Sun Tzu
Assessment
Strategy
Tactics
Execution
“No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.”
- Field Marshall Helmuth Carl
Assembly
Installation
Improvisation
Commissioning
Conclusion
Emergency preparednessCross-trained & motivated team
Strong vendor relationshipsSolid planning
LUCK
