EM : Safer Office - To handle emergency

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Chapter:- Emergency Management

Safer Office - To handle emergency 

What if you knew that a 30-minute time investment could make an incredible impact on your business, your life, and your employees; lives?

1. Create an emergency kit. Use a lightweight duffle bag or a backpack to store key emergency essentials you can grab within minutes. Your safety kit should include:

• Water
• First aid kit
• Lighting: lantern, glow sticks, flashlights, crank lights
• Spare clothing in a bag
• Non-perishable food
• Crank-powered cell phone charger
• A file with a list of emergency numbers, recovery numbers, bank account numbers, checkbook numbers, insurance policy numbers, and any other important information.
• All prescriptions you need
• Crank-powered weather radio

2. Create an emergency contact list and establish a communication protocol for before the emergency, during the emergency, and after the emergency. According to a survey conducted on employees, many reported that their employer does not communicate safety plans regularly. Make sure all employees are aware in a timely manner of what to expect in a natural disaster or storm, and always test and discuss back-up plans.

3. Protect both physical and technological property of your business. Be sure to have the proper equipment to ready your office for a storm and ensure all crucial data is backed up.

4. Create an emergency social media account. Before an emergency strikes, make sure your social media accounts are following important officials and organizations. If you don't have access to television or radio, your social media accounts will be the best way to stay informed, helping you to make educated decisions.

5. Utilize existing tools to prepare your business and your employees in advance. You can go to organizations such as NSC, OHS etc. All have websites that are very beneficial. Their online tools, downloads, and representatives run you through various scenarios for protecting and recovering your personnel and financial records, equipment, inventory, etc. At the very least, do your research and get all of the contact information you need for the organizations that can help you, such as your insurance agent, your attorney, the Red Cross, your Internet provider, etc. Then put that in a safe place—in your phone, with a hard copy kept somewhere safe. That's just one less thing to do when something bad happens.

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2. Is a revolving, sliding, or overhead door prohibited from serving as a required exit door?             
3. When panic hardware is installed on a required exit door, will it allow the door to open by applying a force of 15 pounds or less in the direction of the exit traffic?                                         
4. Are doors on cold-storage rooms provided with inside release mechanisms that release the latches and open the doors even they are padlocked or otherwise locked on the outside?               
5. Where exit doors open directly onto a street, alley, or other area where vehicles may be operated, are adequate barriers and warnings provided to prevent employees from stepping directly into traffic?                                                                    
6. Do doors that swing both directions have viewing panels in each door if they are frequently used?