The Federal Executive Boards in New York City and Northern New Jersey in partnership with FEMA Region II, The Department of Health and Human Services Region II, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and the Clearing House Association sponsored a two-year series of pandemic influenza continuity exercises to increase public and private sector readiness for a pandemic event. Emergency Crisis Management Command Center In the event of a significant incident that affects or has the potential to affect the operations of the financial system, SIFMA will help to coordinate the financial industry’s business continuity planning efforts. Learn More

Firms can reuse the materials and pandemic exercise kit on this page to run an exercise specific to their needs today as well as to support their long term planning goals.

Pandemic influenza is a global outbreak of disease that occurs when a new influenza virus appears or “emerges” in the human population causing serious illness, as it spreads from person to person worldwide. History teaches us that the impact of a pandemic can be far-reaching. The 1918 “Spanish Flu” influenza killed approximately 30,000 people in NYC, 500,000 in the United States and as many as 50 -100 million worldwide. Furthermore, it leads to widespread social disruption and economic loss.