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Crisis scenarios

Resources for developing 'What if...' crisis communication scenarios:

Canadian disasters — 1500 to present (listed by cause and type)
http://www.ott.igs.net/~jonesb/DisasterPaper/disasterpaper.html

CBC archives — Teachers resource — Canadian disasters (includes media clips)
http://archives.cbc.ca/294p.asp?ActProf=526&IDLan=1&Nav=AvPr

• The Wrath of Hurricane Hazel
  http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?id=1-70-77
• The Saguenay Flood
  http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?id=1-70-95
• The Ice Storm of 1998
  http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?id=1-70-258
• The Ocean Ranger Disaster
  http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?id=1-70-349
• Red River: Manitoba Floods
  http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?id=1-70-670
• The Halifax Explosion
  http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?id=1-70-971

Major airline disasters — 1920-2002
http://dnausers.d-n-a.net/dnetGOjg/Disasters.htm

Weather impacts on Canada (societal aspects of weather)
http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/socasp/weather1/street.html

The Canadian Disaster Experience — Lessons Learned or Lessons Forgotten
http://www.iclr.org/research/publications_policy.htm (click on Joe Scanlon)

Canadian Journal of Communication — Westray Mine Disaster: Communication
http://www.cjc-online.ca/viewarticle.php?id=377&layout=html

Critical Infrastructures under Threat — Learning from the Anthrax Scare
http://grace.wharton.upenn.edu/risk/downloads/03-26.pdf
(explores escalating network breakdowns)

Engineering disasters — bibliography
http://library.queensu.ca/webeng/guides/disaster/disasters_web.htm

Disaster Canada — Canadian disasters from the 1700s to today (book)
http://www.lynximages.com/disastermain.htm

Emergency Preparedness Resources
http://www.gov.ns.ca/health/policywatch/epr.html

Executive Summary — Building resilient communities
http://www.ocipep.gc.ca/NDMS/Files/nmrdspolicy_e.doc

See also preparedness checklist and consulting.

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