Disaster Planning for Business

Here are some valuable links for planning for hurricanes, wind storms, earthquakes, floods, tornadoes and man-made catastrophes. We all hope these won’t happen and odds are they probably won’t but after Katrina and Erica…

1) American Red Cross Business & Industry Guide

Preparing Your Business for the Unthinkable

http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_606_,00.html

2) Emergency Preparedness for Business

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/prepared/

3) Small Business Administration Disaster Preparedness Considerations

http://www.sba.gov/disaster/getready.html

4) Emergency Preparedness and Response

U.S. Department of Labor

http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/smallbusiness/sec10.html

5) Institute for Business & Home Safety

Open for business – Disaster Plan Folder

http://www.ibhs.org/docs/openforbusiness.pdf

If you are aware of other valuable small, medium or large business disaster planning/preparation websites please email to:

Jeffrey S. Weil, MCR.h, CCIM, SIOR

Senior Vice President

COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL

1850 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 200

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

phone: (925) 279-5590

fax: (925) 279-0450

jweil@colliersparrish.com

www.officetimes.com

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