Steps to Comprehensive Business Planning and Preparedness
February 28, 2012
Got a business on Vashon? Here’s what you need to know to avoid disruption after a fire, a storm, a pandemic, or an earthquake. It is courtesy of the Washington State’s Emergency Management Division’s Business Preparedness Website, that includes a ton of additional resources to help your business survive!
FEMA P-811-- Earthquake Publications for Businesses (QuakeSmart Toolkit)–Just Released!
January 5, 2012
VashonBePrepared has been working with the Debi Richards and the Vashon Chamber of Commerce and a large number of local businesses this fall to promote business disaster preparedness. A useful new national program has just been announced that promises to provide some great guidance for all of us. The big aim:
Business NERO Jumps into Action
October 13, 2011
Over the last year Debi Richards, the Vashon Chamber of Commerce’s Executive Director has been thinking about how to encourage businesses to get better prepared.
Ready Business PSAs Urge Small Businesses To Prepare for Emergencies
June 3, 2011Up to forty percent of businesses affected by a natural or man-made major disaster never reopen
American Red Cross Launches National Ready Rating™ Program
May 20, 2011
The American Red Cross (ARC) launched a newly designed website, ReadyRating.org, to help businesses, schools and other organizations better prepare for emergencies. The announcement was made at an event involving business, education and government leaders at Red Cross national headquarters in Washington DC. Ready Rating™ is a free, self-paced, web-based membership program that helps a business or school measure how ready they are to deal with emergencies, and gives customized feedback on how they can improve their efforts. Schools and businesses may face a number of emergencies that could disrupt their operations, ranging from natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods to outbreaks of illness such as the flu. The Ready Rating Program can help them feel more confident about the safety of their employees or students. See the ARC press release for more information.
Business Continuity-- Free Technical Disaster Recovery Videos
May 20, 2011A few handy videos are available on this topic courtesy of TechSoup. While oriented to nonprofits, many of the lessons also apply to small businesses:
Read MoreCompilation of FEMA Earthquake Publications
April 27, 2011
The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are pleased to share the following compilations of FEMA earthquake publications, at no cost: