i.	In general, when the event leads to:
•	Potential threat to human safety
•	Potential threat to buildings or equipment
•	Potential need to involve emergency services
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ii.	IT or technology related event
•	Critical IT systems are down for more than 5 hours
•	 HO site is down for more than 5 hours
•	Total loss of communications
•	Total loss of power
•	Flooding of the premises
•	Loss of the building
•	Any problem at any system or network facility that would cause either the above conditions to be present or there is certain indication that either of the conditions are about to occur.
