20 Years of History in Emergency Management and Business Continuity

We are developing an article on the past 20 years of our "industry". The industry as we define it includes emergency management, business continuity, disaster recovery, information security, risk management and homeland security.

>>Help us piece together a timeline. We are looking for key events, major issues and important legislation.

>>If you are with a magazine, conference or non-profit organization, tell us the date of your founding.

>>A feature will be published in the upcoming 2007/08 Disaster Resource GUIDE. And, we’ll continue the story in the online GUIDE.

Take a look at what we have so far.

Major Events Timeline

• 1982: Norwest Bank Fire on Thanksgiving Day
• 1985: Mexico City Earthquake
• 1987: Whitter, California Earthquake
• 1988: First Interstate Bank Fire in L.A.
• 1989: San Francisco Earthquake
• 1990: New Madrid Earthquake Prediction That Didn’t Happen
• 1991: NFPA founded
• 1992: Hurricane Andrew
• 1993: Midwest Floods
• 1993: First WTC bombing
• 1994: Northridge Quake in California
• 1995: Oklahoma City bombing
• 1995: Kobe, Japan Earthquake
• 1999: Y2K planning
• 2001: September 11th
• 2002: Sarbanes-Oxley
• 2004: Madrid Bombing
• 2004: Asian Tsunami
• 2005: 7/7 bombings in London
• 2005: Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma

Be sure to include the following information:
>>When did you start working in this industry? For whom did you work? What was your job function at the time?

>>Where are you employed now? For whom do you work? What is your current role in the industry?

How credits will be handled.
>>Everyone who contributes in one way or another will be listed as a contributor at the end of the article unless you request otherwise.

Send your information to publisher@disaster-resource.com by Thursday, May 24th.