Disaster

From USM Wiki

Preferred Term Disaster
Definition An incident that has such a negative impact on a service that a very significant amount of work must be done to recover the service.
Acronym
Explanation For example, a fire, a flood, an explosion, an earthquake, a terrorist attack, a major hack. In any case, something with such an effect that the 'normal' handling of incidents falls short and special practices are followed to restore the situation.

In terms of incident classification, a disaster is usually granted the highest class.

Alternative Term (Synonym) Calamity, catastrophe


Category
Section
Status Active
Modification Date 2024-09-12 06:12:10
Modification Note
Search Term