WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - Planning for an alternate location tomeet in case a credit union's office becomes unavailable is amongthe many suggestions Jerry Ferris has for credit unions preparingdisaster plans. As purchasing and facility manager for the membersgroup of the Iowa Credit Union League, Ferris periodically producessessions about disaster preparedness for credit unions. Ferris saidthat among his suggestions, he advises credit unions to: * Reviewand update information on employees, directors, vendors, suppliers.* Document who to call and communicate that to employees. *Practice tabletop exercises and work out disaster scenarios. "Forexample, a credit union could practice what it would do if powerwas lost to the building and it had to set up temporary locations,"he said. * Adequately post signs for emergency procedures. * Informemployees about locations of fire extinguishers. `* Have employeeslearn CPR. * Train floor monitors to handle situations in case offire, flood, tornado, robbery. * Train employees to be aware ofsuspicious people and to be on guard for possibilities from robberyto stealing IDs or data. * Prepare a media sheet. If the situationis significant enough, he said, the credit union wants to haveinformation prepared to identify the credit union, its assets andaffiliation and to use the media to communicate to its membersabout the situation.