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The Singapore pandemic drill for their financial sector has been ongoing now for a week, and will run to the end of next week. Tomorrow, selected branches of banks in Singapore will involve their customers in the drill, as explained in this article from Continuity Central.
Previous entries on the Singapore drill can be found here and here.
Singapore involves the public in pandemic planning exercise
The Singapore financial industry’s latest pandemic influenza exercise, codenamed ‘Exercise Raffles II’ will involve the public for the first time. On Friday, 5th September 2008, participating institutions will conduct a practical drill at selected branches and customer counters mostly around the Raffles Place, Shenton Way and Marina Bay areas in the Central Business District.
Temperature screening stations will be set up at participating outlets from opening hours until 11 am when the drill ceases. Counter staff will also be wearing face masks. The public will be advised not to be alarmed and will be encouraged to take part in the exercise.
Exercise Raffles II is the second industry-wide business continuity exercise conducted by the Singapore financial sector. It started on 28th August 2008 and is expected to help each institution gauge its response to the major challenges posed by a ‘flu pandemic and align financial sector plans and crisis responses with those of the Singapore government’s.
Spanning two weeks, the exercise comprises three parts: the first is an interactive session where participating institutions respond to scenario injects; the second is the practical drill described above; and the third is a cluster discussion session in which participants collectively share experiences, identify issues, solutions, best practices and action plans.
