How Business Owners Can Prepare for Floods | SERVPRO® of Queen Anne’s, Kent & Caroline Counties

11/8/2019 (Permalink)

If your business has experienced a flood, we are always here to help.

While flooding might seem like an isolated incident if your business is not in a floodplain, the frequency at which they can occur might surprise you. Around 90% of natural disasters involve flooding and many of the areas affected are areas that are not traditionally prone to floods at all.

It is important for business owners to take their flood risk seriously. In order to be prepared and get back to business faster, knowing how to plan for a flood is a smart business decision.

How to Prepare

By assessing your risk, planning and educating employees, and protecting your business assets in advance, business owners can ensure a faster reopening after a flood occurs. Some key things to do when preparing are:

• Check the FEMA Flood Mapto understand your risks.
• Secure your supplies and records, and consider keeping copies of them in an offsite location.
• Assemble an Emergency Action Planand ensure all employees are aware of what to do in an emergency.
• Plan an evacuation route for yourself and your employees.
• Check your business insurance policy to determine if you have flood coverage.
• Assemble a workplace emergency kit in case you and your staff must stay put and await help.
• If flooding becomes likely, move valuables and electronics to higher areas.

Documents Business Owners Should Protect

Keeping your business documents from being ruined will be extremely helpful as you rebuild your business and recover from the flood. Some suggested business documents to keep off-site include:

• Your Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plan
• The contact information for employees and their emergency contacts
• Insurance policies for the business
• List of any vendors, suppliers or other parties crucial to the business and how to contact them
• Computer backup recovery instructions
• Bank records and information

Call us ²⁴⁄₇ to get our team of professionals to your business quickly so you can get back on track.