Helpful Tips to Prepare for the Disaster Situations and Resume Your Business

Posted by Teresa Anderson on July 19th, 2017

When we hear the word ‘disaster’ our mind quickly pops up earthquake, fire, flood, and landslide. Several images of destructions flash like hundreds and thousands of people dying, their children becoming orphan, and individuals are being admitted to hospitals, various qualified doctors are treating them, etc.

Do you know whether there are a number of measures in place to ensure human safety in any disaster like situation? However, there is no law to dictate the survival of a business through a calamity. In the event that disaster takes place suddenly, it is not possible to take out all physical property in time to avoid it. Since small businesses can have resources. For them, preparing for these disasters seems a challenging step that must be taken before disaster strikes.

In order to prepare for these disasters, it’s a good idea to approach human centered solutions and have a plan made up for emergencies. This step will not just protect your staff, but also the business and the premises.

Making Plans

Remember to keep the plan opens and in writing. Make sure that your employees are aware of it and several preparatory measures in place. The plan should be up-to-date constantly to accommodate changes in your situation.

Here are pre-plans things to be considered.

• Before you go ahead to make a plan, it is a must to assess your current situation and then formulate your plan accordingly.
• Do a crosscheck and make a list based on that. Note the information like the list of vulnerabilities and threats to your business.
• Include in list the kinds of disasters may occur to your business like impact of it, geographical location, and the damage and business loss.
• Also, add the cyber-attacks in the list

Preparing Your Staff

Once you are able to assess the possible states, try to measure your company’s capability to respond to these disasters. It includes making sure to provide first aid training to your staff, language training to them, and let them teach about the crisis management tips.  You can also contact many privately owned firms that provide such training to employees.

Contacting Insurance Providers

 Once you are done with all these, opt for choosing several vendors like insurance company that will financially help you and resume your business. Find companies that offer human centered solutions. Following such steps, write down all the name of emergency contacts that will be useful to you in case of any disaster. Also, create a phonebook and note down all the phone numbers. Or create a phone line or voicemail that any staff of your firm can use to contact after the disaster.

To conclude, adverse circumstances don’t come for asking. You need to be well prepared to fight them and have capability to resume your work after they come and pass on.