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good thing, so is a
check-up of your facil-
ity’s energy systems.
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Usually an annual audit
is sufficient unless there’s
a significant change in sta-
tus, which would require
an audit soon after.
In order to accomplish its Spending limited funds to protect personnel and not spending
primary function or rea- funds on the buildings they occupy or the infrastructure that sup-
ports those buildings and vice versa is unacceptable.
son for being, every or-
ganization must protect personnel the infrastructure that supports
and critical assets from all hazards, those buildings and vice versa is
unacceptable.
both natural and man-made.
Spending limited funds to protect Not only must organizational lead-
personnel and not spending funds ers make every effort to ensure that
on the buildings they occupy or organizational resources are ade-
quately protected
“I think I’m protecting everyone and everything”, simply won’t cut it.
but they also must
ensure that in the
unlikely event a cata-
strophic scenario oc-
curs, they reduce in-
jury to personnel,
mass
casualties
and the continuity
of operations.
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