Disasters can be big or small. Disasters that result in traumatic stress usually involve death or injury to employees or their loved ones. Chuck showed several slides of the aftermath of several disasters. The slides included pictures of volcanic eruptions, fires, floods, hurricane, tornado and bombings. Chucked stressed that your most critical resource is always people.
People have to execute any recovery plan.
Chuck talked about the Oklahoma bombing where all but 1 employee of a credit union were killed or injured. Even though that 1 employee was not injured, he was probably in mental shock and did suffer from traumatic stress. Chuck pointed out that the greater the event the greater the traumatic stress. Chuck stated that the human body is a chemical machine and that includes your brain. Disassociation is a defense mechanism that protects humans from the emotions associated with a threat.