BEFORE DISASTER STRIKES, HOW CAN YOUR COMPANY HELP?
Since 2005, the BENS Bay Area Partnership is strengthening our capacity to prevent, protect, respond and recover from disasters through effective public-private collaboration. Business and government need such a partnership to better prepare for natural disasters, pandemic flu or terrorism.
In previous disasters, business-government collaboration has been chaotic – with little or no advanced planning or practice. The partnership is organizing California's businesses in advance to improve community resiliency.
In 2009, BENS will form the California Resiliency Alliance (CRA), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, to facilitate community-based public-private partnerships statewide. The BENS Bay Area Partnership will be the initial "Chapter" of the CRA. In Southern California, the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) will be an affiliate.