Roughly 40 to 60 percent of small businesses never reopen their doors following a disaster. Businesses can do much to prepare for the impact of the many hazards they face in today’s world including natural hazards like floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and widespread serious illness such as the H1N1 flu virus pandemic. Human-caused hazards include accidents, acts of violence by people and acts of terrorism. Examples of technology-related hazards are the failure or malfunction of systems, equipment or software.
Below are links to some valuable resources to help you develop an
Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Plan.
DisasterSafety.org
- Free Business Continuity Toolkit for Small Business (OFB-EZ®-IBHS):
http://disastersafety.org/wp-content/uploads/OFB-EZ_Toolkit_IBHS.pdf - PowerPoint: Disaster Planning Made Easy
PowerPoint - Disaster Planning Made Easy
- Business Continuity Planning page
http://disastersafety.org/ibhs-business-protection/ofb-ez-business-continuity/ - OFB-EZ Android Mobile App
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emcins.ofbez&hl=en
- OFB-EZ Apple Mobile App
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ofb-ez-mobile/id926332075?mt=8
SBA.gov
- Emergency Preparedness:
http://www.sba.gov/prepare# - Identifying Critical Business Functions: http://www.agilityrecovery.com/assets/SBA/criticalbusfuncsba.pdf
- Creating an Emergency Communications Plan: http://www.agilityrecovery.com/assets/SBA/emercommsba.pdf
- Testing your systems:
http://www.preparemybusiness.org/testing
Ready.gov
- Preparedness Planning for Your Business:
http://www.ready.gov/business - Basic Disaster Supplies Kit:
http://www.ready.gov/kit
FEMA.ORG
- Business Continuity Planning Brochure:
http://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1389022685845-7cdf7d7dad7638a19477d01fdbfa820f/Business_booklet_12pg_2014.pdf - Emergency Supply Kit Checklist:
http://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1390846764394-dc08e309debe561d866b05ac84daf1ee/checklist_2014.pdf - Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) webpage:
http://www.fema.gov/community-emergency-response-teams - Free Online Courses:
http://training.fema.gov/IS/
RedCross.org
- Business Disaster Preparedness Plan (Red Cross Ready Rating):
http://readyrating.org/ - Family Disaster Preparedness Plan:
http://www.redcross.org/prepare/location/home-family/plan
SERVPRO Emergency READY Profile Advantage:
- https://ready.servpro.com/home/mobileapp
FCC.gov
- Cybersecurity for Small Business
https://www.fcc.gov/general/cybersecurity-small-business
Other Resources:
- Active Shooter Response (Video: Run, Hide, Fight. Surviving an Active Shooter Event):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VcSwejU2D0&feature=player_embedded - The Rick Rescorla Story from 9/11:
https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Rick-Rescorla-Saved-2-687-Lives-on-September-11 - Simon Sinek video, How Great Leaders Inspire Action:
http://youtu.be/qp0HIF3SfI4
