Disaster Planning and Recovery Careers Salt Lake City UT

Posted by : Molly Joss

May 23, 2001Disaster planning and recovery careersMolly advises a fireman on how he can use his skills to help businesses protect their data from the worst.

Dear Molly: I've read your columns about getting into the IT security field, which sounds great if you're a private detective or a police officer, but I'm a fireman. Is there a way to use my fireman training and experience in IT somehow after I retire in a few years?

Molly says: I think disaster planning and recovery would be a perfect segue for you after spending years putting out fires and figuring out what caused them. You could use those skills to help people put their businesses back together after a disaster. You could also help them learn how to assess their situation, prevent disaster, and plan for recovery if their worst nightmares come true.

Case in point: a recent local nine-alarm fire in a business park near me has put hundreds of people out of work and shut the doors of dozens of small businesses. The small-business owners didn't realize that one of the reasons their rent was so inexpensive was that the old buildings didn't have sprinkler systems. Turns out the buildings were so old, the borough figured they pre-dated the fire code that required sprinklers! You, working as a disaster prevention and recovery expert, could have pointed out the problem ahead of time, thus giving the businesses an opportunity to move or get additional fire insurance.

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