BE PREPARED - Business and Your Workplace
Planning ahead is critical. A business continuity plan can help you reopen and resume your service to the community as soon as possible after a storm. There are resources available to help you financially if you suffer damages.
Make a plan for doing business without power. Think about alternate locations and cloud-based storage of your documents. Also, plan ahead for how to communicate with employees, vendors, and clients.
- Prepare your employees.
- Review your business insurance coverage.
Once a disaster has been declared, disaster loan assistance may be available. Watch the Mobile County EMA Website or follow us on social media for more information.
There is much that a business leader can do to prepare his or her organization for the most likely hazards. The Ready Business program helps business leaders make a preparedness plan to get ready for these hazards.
Additional information on Continuity, Emergency Response, and Crises Communications plans can be found on Ready.gov.
Preparedness Planning for Your Business
Businesses and their staff face a variety of hazards:
- Natural hazards like floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes.
- Health hazards such as widespread and serious illnesses like the flu.
- Human-caused hazards including accidents and acts of violence.
- Technology-related hazards like power outages and equipment failure.
There is much that a business leader can do to prepare his or her organization for the most likely hazards. The Ready Business program helps business leaders make a preparedness plan to get ready for these hazards.
Additional information on Continuity, Emergency Response, and Crises Communications plans can be found on Ready.gov.
https://www.ready.gov/business-continuity-plan
Ready Business Toolkits
Hurricane Toolkit
The Ready Business Toolkit series prepared by Ready.gov includes hazard-specific versions for hurricane, inland flooding, power outage, and severe wind/tornado. Toolkits offer business leaders a step-by-step guide to build preparedness within an organization. Each toolkit contains the following sections:
- Identify Your Risk
- Develop A Plan
- Take Action
- Be Recognized and Inspire Others
Mobile County may be directly affected by heavy rains, strong winds, wind-driven rain, coastal and inland floods, tornadoes, and coastal storm surges resulting from tropical storms and hurricanes. The Ready Business Hurricane Toolkit helps leaders take action to protect employees, protect customers, and help ensure business continuity as well.
- Hurricane Ready Business Toolkit – Use the link to Ready.gov pdf
- Spanish Hurricane Ready Business Toolkit Use the link to Ready.gov pdf
Inland Flooding Toolkit
Mobile County is at some risk for flooding, so it is important that organizations, businesses, and community groups understand the potential impacts.
- Inland Flooding Ready Business Toolkit
- Spanish Ready Business Inland Flooding Toolkit
Power Outage Toolkit
While a Power Outage may not seem as dangerous as a tornado or hurricane, they can still cause damage to homes, businesses and communities. Power Outages cost the U.S. economy $20 billion and $55 billion annually and continue to increase each year (CRS, 2012).
- Power Outage Ready Business Toolkit
- Spanish Ready Business Power Outages Toolkit
Severe Wind/Tornado Toolkit
It is not just in Tornado Alley. Most of the United States is at some risk for severe wind and tornadoes.
- Severe Wind Tornado Ready Business Toolkit
- Spanish Ready Business Severe Wind Tornado Toolkit
Ready Business Workshop “How-To” Guide
This “How-To” guide explains how to plan for and deliver effective Ready Business workshops.
- How-To Ready Business Toolkit