Common use of EVENTS INCLUDED Clause in Contracts

EVENTS INCLUDED. Many events and situations (threats) can impact the operation of IS. These threats normally take the shape of environmental influences or internal system abnormalities. Most emergency situations would be environmental in nature, such as: fire or natural disaster. The primary focus of this document is long-term/sustained power outage and/or facility inaccessibility caused by fire, water damage due to flooding or sprinkler systems, or natural disasters resulting in damage which causes Via-SLC to cease operations for periods which exceed 5 working days. a. The greatest threat to the Via-SLC facility is fire (whether the damage occurs from fire, smoke, or water). These assumptions can be made: (1) Systems exposed directly to fire or extreme heat will be damaged beyond repair and hard drives may not be recoverable. (2) Systems inadvertently left powered-up during a fire evacuation or left with the power on after normal working hours will be damaged beyond repair due to electrical arcing and hard drives may not be recoverable. (3) Systems not visibly damaged will be inoperable during a two to three day dry out period if the space was exposed to water.