SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCE GUIDE

Emergency Preparedness

Emergency Preparedness Guidance

NIOSH Emergency Response Resources

Numerous emergency preparedness and response resources for business owners and managers, including links to:

Management planning guides
Facility protection instructions
Emergency contacts

Provided by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Preparing Your Business for the Unthinkable

This 3-page downloadable overview discusses preparations businesses can make before disasters strike. It provides tips on:

Developing a disaster plan
Reducing potential damage
Protecting employees

Prepare Your Workplace and Employees

This website from the American Red Cross links to resources on personal emergency kits, emergency planning, and communications.

Provided by the American Red Cross.

Preparedness Planning for Your Business

Specific suggestions for protecting businesses from disasters by taking precautionary actions, from planning to drills to getting supplies. Among the topics covered are:

Emergency planning
Involving employees in emergency planning and practices
Protecting physical assets

Includes several downloadable checklists, plans, and discussion topics

Provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Small Business Administration Disaster Preparedness

SBA publications on such topics as:

Preparing a small business for disaster
Planning to cut disaster recovery time, expense
Disaster assistance

It also has a list of other websites that offer assistance in disaster planning and response for small businesses.

Provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Fast fact: On average, smaller firms have higher fatality rates.

Source: Mendeloff JM, Nelson C, Ko K, Haviland A. Small businesses and workplace fatality risks. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation; 2006.

Training

Class Registration

Workplace-oriented classes on emergency topics available through the American Red Cross.

Provided by the American Red Cross.

Fast fact: Almost 18% of the U.S. labor force works in firms with fewer than 20 employees.

Source: County Business Patterns. In. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce; 2008.

Art Studio Specific Guidance

Studio Protector: The Artist's Guide to Emergencies

Provides more than a dozen links to government and non-profit emergency preparedness resources. Many are general advice sites, but at least one is specific to protecting art works from disasters.

Provided by Coalition for Artists' Preparedness for Emergency Response and CERF+, the Craft Emergency Relief Fund.