Question : Problem: Bird Flu pandemic Contingency plan needed vs Disaster Recovery BCP

Hi,

I believe DR (Disaster Recovery) plan is different from BIrd Flu
pandemic plan, am I right?  In DR, the current site is burnt/down
while in bird flu quarantine, all staff are disallowed from going to
office & has to stay at home.

I need an elaborate / formalized Bird Flu contingency plan.
Appreciate if anyone can share with me (but of course remove
all references of your organization's name)

Off-hand I can think of the following 2 scenarios :

a) Proactive :
    before anyone in the building got infected, split up staff into 2 groups
    who can backup/complement each other : one continue to go office
    while another work from remote location (remote location = home)

b) If the office area has someone infected, all the staff has to be quarantined
    at  home while the remote team keep the work/operation going  

Reactive :
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    Reactive : selected staff were given notebooks at home (& briefed in
    advance) and once quarantine order kicks in, those with notebooks resume
    work at home while those without notebooks/laptops holiday at home

Answer : Problem: Bird Flu pandemic Contingency plan needed vs Disaster Recovery BCP

Well in some circles the term "Disaster Recovery" is no longer used and has been replaced by "Business Continuity".  Which term you use does not matter.  

The idea is that you need to come up with a plan to continue doing business when a "major" event occurs.  You need to define the major event and what needs to be done.  Some of the events may be specific and some generic.  

Example:  Why focus on  Bird Flu pandemic?  What happens if it is Bird Flu, but not a pandemic?  What happens if it is another form of flu that is a pandemic, or some other contagious disease.  What if it is only localized to your area or even your company?

You should always have a employee that can backup another employee.  What happens one employees quits or dies?

You need to think about how long can your core computer systems run/stay up if nobody is there to "touch" them.  Example: do you do tape backups to send off site?  If so, what happens if nobody is there to take the tapes out?

Basic events:

1) Person that does a unique job is no longer able to do it (sick/dead/quit).
2) Building is in tact and computer systems are up and running , but people are not allowed to enter.
3) Building is in tact, but computer systems are down and will be for X number of hours/days.  You need to come up with plans for say 1 hour outages, 4 hour outages, 8 hour, 24, 72, 1 week.
4) Building is not in tact.