Chapter 10, Problem 2DQ

Explanation of Solution

Action of Iris:

The Corporate Limited did not have any disaster management plan and thus it would have been very difficult for Iris to get the situation in control if the incident had turned into disaster. Some of the actions that she would have to do are as follows:

• Removal of the building in order to decrease any loss to human capital. It should be made sure that people move down using staircase and no elevators are used.
• Removal should be done in a systematic way so that no confusion happens and there is no casualty because of stampede.
• Fire team should be called.
• Once the situation is under control, efforts should be made to safeguard machines as they had significant data...