18 Apr Great Tips On How To Prepare Your Business For Flash Floods
Many can agree that 2020 and 2021 has had its fair share business interruptions. Make sure your business is prepared for the hurricane season.
Flooding can cause damage to your property, buildings, and other items, as well as dangerous evacuation situations.
Talk to a disaster planning team to learn how to best protect your employees and business assets, and what damage can be done to your property.
Protect your business to be ready for the weather.
Here are some tips to help you prepare your business for a flood.
Make an emergency plan
A handbook can be created to provide all the necessary information and details for dealing with natural disasters, such as floods.
This document should include details about the evacuation plan including highlighted routes, shelter plan and how to train for emergencies. It also includes how to help employees with special requirements, contact information with employees, family details, and how to move key operations from one location to another.
Evacuation Planning
Floods can cause roads to become blocked or closed quickly. So make sure your employees have a safe route to evacuate.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency maps will show you routes that are suitable for your location based on your local topography. Don’t forget to include the location of storm shelters.
Get an Emergency Kit together
Make sure you have a ready supply of non-perishable essentials such as water, food, and first aid supplies.
Get Updated Insurance
You might consider adding flood insurance to your policy. Also, include coverage for business interruptions and loss of revenue in the event of flooding. It is important that your business can quickly recover from severe damage.
Protect vital business information
Important documents such as vendor contact information and insurance documents should be kept off-site.
Get your Building Ready
Prepare your home so that heavy rain doesn’t cause damage to your property in case of flooding.
- Make sure your storm drains and gutters are clean.
- Keep your important documents and other fragile items out of reach in the basement
- Sump pumps are worth the investment
- To stop flood water entering vulnerable areas, install backflow prevention check valves
- Flood shields or watertight barriers can be installed to stop water from passing through openings
- In areas susceptible to flooding, build watertight walls
You can minimize the risk to your company and your employees’ safety and health by planning ahead. Importantly, your operations can continue as normal in no time.