by [email protected] | Jul 7, 2020 | Education
Emergency Preparedness makes sense for everyone. But you need to Plan,Prepare and Practice to assure a successful outcome.
Thankfully, we are not all affected by hurricanes or forest fires, but thereare many other issues for which we need to prepare. Besides, it would notbe atypical to suddenly receive notice from OSHA asking for copies of youremergency action plans and training documentation. Could you respondpositively, or would you be exposing your organization to further review?
Here are a couple of reminders in case you need to update or create anemergency action plan of your own
- Start with solid templates from a reputable source. It may providea pretty complete plan, but review and amend it heavily to fit yourorganization.
- Spend time training your associates. Make adjustments to your plansbased on their feedback and issues that arose during training.
- Laws vary, so be sure to include items required in yourmunicipality. Common sense probably tells you to include evacuation mapsand a headcount system, anyway.
We feel strongly about preparedness, so we have incorporated anEmergency Response Plans module into our PropertyTRAK facilities managementsystem. Our templates can easily be adapted to account for yourorganizational policies. The PropertyTRAK system’s cloud storage providesan ideal place to store documents about updates and training. This might bea good time to be sure all your associates understand your plans, before anemergency disrupts or shuts down your operations.
