- Published in issue 4/2017 on page 24
JumpStart
A Guide to Pre-crisis Planning
Specific systems within a facility respond differently to power losses. After a disaster, power should be restored to the most critical services first, but the definition of “critical” changes depending on the duration of the outage. Attempting to sort out priorities such as these during the chaos that follows an event can make the decision-making process more difficult, underlining the importance of thorough and robust recovery planning.