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Vendors – Provide contact information for all current contractors and suppliers. For each, indicate primary and secondary vendors from whom the business will obtain materials if the current suppliers experience a disaster.

Evacuation Plan – For each natural and man-made disaster that could impact the business, detail collaborative plans, developed with adjoining businesses and building owners to avoid uncertainty or congestion. Confirm building and site maps have been copied and posted, along with clearly marked exits. Indicate frequency of practicing evacuation procedures. Incorporate particulars for exiting the place of work promptly. Identify the warning system as well as how often testing will occur with recorded results. The assembly site, primary and alternate assembly managers and their responsibilities should be clearly stated. The same should be taken into account for the shutdown manager and alternate. Finally name who is responsible for giving authorization to proceed.

Shelter Plan – For each natural and man-made disaster that could impact the business, detail which emergency supplies, if any, the company will make available at the shelter location and which ones staff should think about maintaining in a transportable and personalized kit for their individual needs. Confirm building and site maps have been copied and posted, along with clearly marked exits. Indicate frequency of practicing shelter procedures. Incorporate particulars for seeking shelter promptly. Identify the warning system as well as how often testing will occur with recorded results. Include primary and secondary shelter locations for possible storms as well as if there’s a need to be sealed in a room. The shutdown manager, primary and alternate should be identified and their responsibilities should be clearly stated. Finally name who is responsible for giving authorization to proceed.

Communication – Specify how the disaster will be communicated to staff in advance as well as in the event of an actual emergency.

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