Prepare your Company for a Disaster or Flood

Feb 19
08:24

2013

Leighanna Cumbie

Leighanna Cumbie

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You can prepare your company to overcome a disaster or flood through careful planning. The timing is uncertain for when an event might occur, but it is likely that your company will face such a challenge at some point. When the disaster or flood strikes, the success of your company could be in jeopardy and the business may be force to permanently close its doors.

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You can prepare your company to overcome a disaster or flood through careful planning.  The timing is uncertain for when an event might occur,Prepare your Company for a Disaster or Flood Articles but it is likely that your company will face such a challenge at some point.  When the disaster or flood strikes, the success of your company could be in jeopardy and the business may be force to permanently close its doors. 

 

Disaster and Flood Management can mean the difference in a minor inconvenience and shutting down operations after an event occurs.  A Certified Industrial Hygienist can work with your company to make the appropriate preparations to ready your company for any disaster that could be face.  The first step starts with the Certified Industrial Hygienist visiting your facility to determine what disasters you could be facing.  Detailed notes will be taken and compiled into a report, along with recommendations for immediate implementation to safeguard against a disaster or flood. 

 

Some situations may call for redundant backups to ensure measures are put in place to help prevent the disaster from occurring at all.  Pumps may have backups to ensure fluid is appropriately disbursed and moving.  Other circumstances may call for physical barriers to be established.  A facility that is located inside a 100 year flood plain may have a barrier installed around the facility to safeguard against rising water.  Each facility has different challenges and faces unique circumstances that must be carefully considered by the Certified Industrial Hygienist and overcome.

 

Click hereto contact a Certified Industrial Hygienist in to begin working with your company.  This expert has the knowledge and training to prepare your company through Disaster or Flood Management. An averted crisis can be a competitive advantage your company has over the others in your industry.  Flood and Disaster Management includes careful planning and a plan of action for when a flood strikes your facility.  Each person needs to understand their role and how to recover from the flood as quickly as possible to get back to operational status.  Time wasted during the recovery can exponentially extend the time required to recover.  In the case of a flood, the longer water sits, the more complicated the situation and the more damage that is being done.  Time is critical and it is imperative to begin preparations now when the company is not feeling the strain of the disaster.  Make the call today to prepare your company for success in the future.