How to develop your emergency action plan.
You've worked hard to establish your business, spending countless hours building it from the ground up. Unfortunately, all of that hard work can be destroyed in sheer seconds if a natural disaster or other emergency happens. No business is completely immune to crisis events, medical emergencies, or disasters. Even if you have excellent preventative measures in place, unforeseen events can threaten the livelihood of your small business. To help protect your business better, establish an emergency plan.
Assess hazards.
Start your disaster plan by noting down potential risks your business faces. Possible emergencies include fire, explosions, severe weather, medical emergencies, acts of terrorism, and power outages. Depending on your business's location, you may have additional risks to think about, such as earthquakes and floods.
Develop procedures.
Once you've identified potential risks, your next step is to establish emergency responses to each scenario. Most emergencies require either evacuation or shelter-in procedures, so be sure to consider both possibilities for the different disasters. Create a policy that will specify evacuation routes, an outdoor assembly meeting point, how to assist employees with medical conditions in an emergency, and more. Don't forget to assign the responsibility of communication to employees, vendors, clients, and guest in case of an emergency.
Include Continuity
If your business is forced to close its doors temporarily after a disaster, how will your company cope? Be sure you know how you can keep operating when the office is closed. Do employees have their own computers? How will you communicate this information to them? How far in advance can you let them know? Discuss continuity plans with your vendors, too, to ensure they have procedures for post-disaster events.
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