Preparing for all Hazards
This video provides a great overview of why business preparedness is important for businesses of all sizes and for a variety of disaster scenarios. Creating a disaster plan for your business is not a crazy scheme, it is a sure fire approach to helping you get your business back up and running for yourself, your employees, your customers and your community.
In Central Nebraska, local alerts by phone notification can be received at business lines through a county emergency notification system (contact your local Emergency Manager to register your work number). In addition, anyone is eligible to use the Buffalowatch.net email and text notification system from Buffalo county.
Credits/acknowledgements:
Fairfax County, Virginia Government
Amigos & Kings Classic, Grand Island
An early-morning kitchen fire at the South Locust Amigos/Kings Classic restaurant in Grand Island was minutes from burning the entire building down when fire crews arrived on the scene. In the video below, manager Doug Einspahr talks about the damage and some of the immediate challenges the restaurant needs to address (click the play button to watch).
Einspahr would have never originally guessed that it would take four months for the business to re-open to the public. During that time, Grand Island hosted the State Fair, Husker Harvest Days, Harvest of Harmony, and state volleyball. On top of lost revenue, the employees were displaced and lost wages.
This story had a happy ending but how would your story end?
If you are a restaurant or grocery store, the Michigan Department of Agriculture created an in-depth guide to help plan for some common hazards. The Emergency Action Plans for a Retail Food Establishment guide provides useful information for businesses of all sizes.
Credits/acknowledgements:
Grand Island Independent, August 12, 2010
NTV, December 14, 2010
Michigan Department of Agriculture
This story had a happy ending but how would your story end?
If you are a restaurant or grocery store, the Michigan Department of Agriculture created an in-depth guide to help plan for some common hazards. The Emergency Action Plans for a Retail Food Establishment guide provides useful information for businesses of all sizes.
Credits/acknowledgements:
Grand Island Independent, August 12, 2010
NTV, December 14, 2010
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Real businesses and real disasters
In the aftermath of a major disaster, 40 to 60% of small businesses fail to recover. Every business should have an emergency plan. It can save lives, company assets and your entire business. With a minimal investment of time and money, you can complete a plan that reduces you business' downtime in the event of a disaster, big or small.
Credits/acknowledgements:
NDSU Extension Service