Storm Preparation Tips

2/24/2022 (Permalink)

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Prepare For A Storm

When your business is in danger from rising flood water in Carthage, MO, you can’t afford to risk your investment to water damage and a flooded building. There are many ways you can prepare your commercial property for an oncoming storm and minimize damage as much as possible.

1. Have a Plan

Your number one priority should be a disaster response and recovery plan. This plan should have clear steps outlined to define what to do in the event of an emergency, allowing you to respond as quickly as possible as soon as you learn of an impending threat. This plan should include how to protect your building’s structural integrity, how to safeguard your inventory and equipment, and the first steps to initiate immediate recovery.

2. Protect Your Investment

Be ready to minimize damage with weatherproofing. This can include sandbagging the exterior of your building, installing weather stripping, moving your equipment and inventory to higher ground, and sealing any leaks. Minimize as much damage as possible by preventing flood water from encroaching on the building.

3. Make Backups

One of the most important things you can do is back up your data. Whether you have cloud data backups or offsite disaster recovery, ensure that the most current images of your entire data repository are sufficiently backed up before the flood arrives.

4. Know Your Evacuation Routes

When the flood comes, your first instinct may be to stay as long as possible to ensure your building is appropriately protected. Instead, you should be focusing on safety, including knowing your evacuation routes. Lost inventory, equipment, and data can be recovered. Restoration professionals can repair your building. Your safety should be the utmost priority.

Include timely evacuation in your flood planning, and always have alternative evacuation routes. Be prepared to support customers in finding evacuation routes as well should any flood water rise too rapidly for them to leave the building in an appropriate amount of time.