Is Your Saugerties Business Prepared For a Disaster?

1/8/2020 (Permalink)

Too many businesses can't reopen after a disaster, follow these tips to be prepared for anything!

As a business owner, the last thing you want happening is your business not able to re-open after a disaster, whether natural or not. Being prepared well in advance can help in a multitude of ways and scenarios. Creating a disaster plan is the smartest and safest way to keep your Ulster County business above ground and your employees safe.

The top 3 things to consider when developing a plan:

-Providing protection for your staff

-Safely securing assets

-Getting your business up and running again quickly

FEMA and Ready.gov have excellent resources and checklists that will help you assess current preparedness as well as how to be as prepared as possible.

Remember the key factors:

-Safety: evacuation routes, exits, alternate shelters

-Protection: Structural areas, roofing, windows, upgrades to the building if needed. Equally as important- Inventory lists, network and data control safeties, vital documents and information, back up measures.

-Back to Business: Disaster funds, insurance coverage, service providers, contractor relationships, government and local authorities.

Establishing relationships with service providers like SERVPRO of Kingston/New Paltz can take a lot of worry off your mind. Should you ever experience a disaster of any kind at your property, our remediation experts can handle it all and work directly with your insurance company so you can focus on getting back up and running quickly. We’ll help make the damage "Like it never even happened."