If one of your new year’s resolutions is to create an emergency plan for your business, congratulations! Protecting the business assets – its people and property – is an effective use of management’s time that pays big dividends in a disaster.
Here are a few tips for creating an emergency business plan:
1. Meet with your insurance agent to review your current coverage. Know what you have and what it covers.
2. Plan what actions the company would need to take in the event the building is unusable.
3. Create an inventory of equipment, including computer hardware and software. Review your computer anti-virus software and firewalls. Update as necessary.
4. Haven’t had your furnace checked and maintained for the season yet? Do it now. Also, install or test fire extinguishers and smoke alarms.
5. Already have a plan? Just as business changes over time, so do preparedness needs. Review the plan.