As you know the\u00a0\u00a02010 hurricane season started June 1st. Homes should be equipped, food storage containers stocked, and businesses should prepare now for a possible interruption of services. Forecasters already call for an active season with a high likelihood for major hurricanes Category 3 or above.\u00a0 Below are some tips to help you secure your business should a storm threaten.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Store important business records in a watertight container in a safe place.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Don\u2019t expect cell phones or telephones to work immediately after a storm and plan accordingly.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Identify essential staff for post-storm recovery and decide predetermined locations for employees to meet when conditions permit.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Prepare a photo or video inventory of assets and store it in a safe location.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Make sure you insurance policy payment is up-to-date.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Maintain detailed expenses that FEMA could use for possible reimbursement.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Keep some cash on-hand; banking may be unavailable for several days.<\/p>\n
Florida\u2019s Department of Business and Professional Regulations (DBPR) hosts a website dedicated to helping residents prepare for a possible hurricane strike. Business owners can input information and the DBPR site will customize a business preparation plan to their unique situation. The DBPR website is at: www.FloridaDisaster.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As you know the\u00a0\u00a02010 hurricane season started June 1st. Homes should be equipped, food storage containers stocked, and businesses should prepare now for a possible interruption of services. Forecasters already call for an active season with a high likelihood for major hurricanes Category 3 or above.\u00a0 Below are some tips to help you secure your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[59,105],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}