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Task 3 After Action Report

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AFTER ACTION REPORT SURVEY TEMPLATE LPHG Disaster Recovery Scenario GENERAL INFORMATION Information Needed Text goes in text boxes below. Name of Organization: LPHG Type of Organization: Charity Region: (Coastal, Inland, or Southern) Coastal Completed by: Date report completed: Type of event, training, or exercise: (actual event, table top, functional or full-scale exercise, preidentified planned event, training, seminar, workshop, drill, game, etc.) Actual Event Summary of the Disaster: Earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter scale, lasting 30-60 seconds for the primary quake, followed by aftershocks of varying strengths for approximately 96 hours. Floods and fires persisted in the local area for several weeks afterward. …show more content…

LPHG leadership should provide resources and prioritize this plan in order to ensure that employees are aware of their responsibilities from the beginning of a disaster until all employees have been accounted for and contacted, all appropriate agencies have been contacted, and all follow-up steps have been defined and completed. Strength #3: Strength Details: Summary of Strength: The Backup and Recovery Policy was detailed and thorough. Contributing Factors: Plans N/A Policies Backup and Recovery Policy Documents N/A Positive Consequences: The Policy was detailed and thorough, making it possible for employees to begin recovering data as soon as a data center becomes operational. The backup schedule was followed, resulting in no loss to proprietary data. The ability to recover data means that very little funds will need to be spent on research that has already previously been accomplished. These funds can be used to recovery other physical assets, and be put to use in developing a more robust Disaster Preparedness Plan. Ways to Improve: This policy can be improved by specifying that an alternate data center is built and employed. Having a cold or warm site available makes it possible for business operations to continue despite the loss of one data center. This company spent most of its research funds, and any further research would be funded through product sales. By having a second site, sales, and therefore revenue, can continue to come in and be

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