Signs Your Business Is Prepared For The Unexpected

Savannah Coulsen

November 06, 2014

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While disasters are often unexpected, they do not have to be met unprepared. Adapting a business for disaster survival is essential to the safety and preservation of both the business and its employees. Regardless of whether a disaster is predicted or entirely unexpected, there are ways to ensure everyone is primed.

Communication

The first thing every business can do to prepare for the worst is to communicate effectively with its employees. Creating dialogue about what can happen and what to do promotes education and lessens panic in the event of a catastrophe. Business owners should create a list of items to retrieve in the event of an evacuation. Likewise, employees should be able to identify the objects on the list, where the items are on the premises, and how to transport more fragile items to safety. To encourage maximum preparedness, practice drills for different disasters such as earthquakes, fires, floods and terrorist attacks.

Action

Building a culture of action is another step employers can take toward emergency planning. Hosting food, blood, and clothing drives encourages positive, active thinking. Offering training classes - or listing other organizations that offer the classes - is a useful way to educate employees. Previous training in first aid, CPR and AED is an excellent asset in post-tragedy survival.

Emergency Response

Optimized 911 calls are vital. Connecting rescuers to stranded, suffering, or endangered persons is of the utmost priority. Programs such as TAMCO Shield stay abreast of technology changes and transmit more information at a quicker rate to emergency responders by offering Enhanced 911 calls. Enhanced 911 services ensures that 911 calls take network traffic priority and coordinates applicable emergency response teams such as fire, medical and police. It also permits emergency response centers and public safety answering points (PSAP) to identify the phone number and location of the caller.

Safe Room

Designating a safe room is an additional way businesses can arrange for catastrophe protection. Ideally, safe rooms are structurally reinforced to withstand elemental dangers such as tornadoes. All employees should have access to the safe room at all times. Inside, a disaster kit should be present. The disaster kit should contain food and water for 72 hours, a first aid kit, blankets, a flashlight, a battery-operated radio, extra batteries, and more.

Disasters may be unavoidable, but panic and unpreparedness can be avoided. Thinking ahead and making changes now can help us to preserve tomorrow.

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