Can Your Business Survive a Catastrophic Weather Event?

According to Ready.gov, up to 40% of business never recover after experiencing a major disaster.

Do you have a plan to keep your business running after a disaster?

If not, implement the following five steps as part of your disaster plan.

Program Management:

• Organize, develop and administer your preparedness program
• Identify regulations that establish minimum requirements for your program.

Planning:

• Gather information about hazards and assess risks
• Conduct a business impact analysis (BIA)
• Examine ways to prevent hazards and reduce risks

Implementation:

Write a preparedness plan which addresses the following topics:

• Resource management
• Emergency response
• Crisis communications
• Business continuity
• Information technology
• Employee assistance
• Incident management
• Training

Testing and Exercises

• Test and evaluate your plan
• Define different types of exercises
• Learn how to conduct exercises
• Use exercise results to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan

Program Improvement

• Identify when the preparedness program needs to be reviewed
• Discover methods to evaluate the preparedness program
• Utilize the review to make necessary changes and plan improvements