The Emergency Information Infrastructure Project (EIIP) is proud to host the Emergency Management Track of VFRE 2000	EM TRACK
The NFPA1600 Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs

Moderated by EIIP Coordinator
Avagene Moore
and
EIIP Technical Projects Coordinator
Amy Sebring

What was formerly a "recommended" practice for emergency management programs by the National Fire Protection Association, has recently attained the status of a "standard." How did it happen? What does it say? What are the implications for programs in both the public and private sectors? How will it benefit the public? These are the questions we will address in these pages, and in a series of live chat presentations and discussions.

We have assembled a distinguished panel of presenters, all of whom have been, or will be, intimately involved in the development and application of the Standard. Among these pages (see schedule below) you will find background materials which we urge you to review, preferably in advance of the live chat sessions.

Unfortunately, we are not able to provide you with copies of the Standard itself; it is copyrighted by the NFPA, and proceeds from the sale of its documents is how the NFPA, a non-profit organization, sustains its standard making work. Hard or digital copies of NFPA 1600 may be ordered on-line at the NFPA Website, and if you are responsible for a program that may be covered by the new Standard, either now or in the future, it is highly recommended that you do so.