Preparedness

Business
Disaster events can have a major effect on a company’s bottom line and even its ability to stay in business.

• Can your company continue to operate if commercial power is lost for an extended period of time?
• Are you prepared to deal with the loss of supplies and services because of disasters affecting your major business partners in other parts of the country or other parts of the world?
• Have you identified the critical functions for your business, and have you conducted the cross-training needed to ensure they are taken care of if 40% of your workforce is lost because of an influenza pandemic?
• Is there a backup storage location for key records (paper and electronic) if your primary location is lost in a fire or flood?

These are just a few of the important questions that business owners should ask themselves and be prepared to answer.

Visit Ready.gov and link over to Ready Business for some detailed information on disaster planning for businesses.