If we’ve learned anything for The Scouts, it’s this: Be Prepared!
The best measures for dealing with disasters are preemptive. Often if you wait until the event actually happens, there is little you can do. A workplace power outage can be devastating to an unprepared business; damaging equipment, endangering workers, and even shutting the business down.
Is your business prepared to deal with a power outage? What should you do to prepare? Read on to learn a few ways in which you should prepare ahead of time to help avert disaster!
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Emergency Kits
The safety of your employees and customers is priority number one in the event of a power outage. Every business should have an emergency kit readily available on location in case something happens.
Flashlights, batteries, first aid kits, and bottled water among other things are good to include in the kit. For a more thorough guide on the types of things to include in your emergency kits, check out this article.
Protect The Tech
A fair amount of the money you spent getting your office set up went into the technology. That’s why you shouldn’t avoid spending a little bit more to keep it protected in the event of a power outage.
Surge protectors are fairly inexpensive and can save more expensive equipment like computers, fax machines, and copiers during power spikes caused by outages. Computers especially should be on battery backups so that work isn’t lost in the event of a sudden power outage.
When the power does go out, disconnect all machinery from power until the outage has passed. Power fluctuations can damage your equipment.
Cloud storage is a good investment to make sure that your business doesn’t come to a grinding halt during an extended power outage. If your company relies on shared documents on a local server, a power outage or even a few days could result in lost business.
By storing your data on the cloud, you are able to access it from anywhere. Most smartphones now can act as personal hotspots so your employees may still be able to have limited access to the internet and having your files in the cloud could make all the difference!
Install a Backup Generator
A generator is one of those items that you never really think about until after you need it, and by that time, it is often too late. Buying a propane gas generator can make sure that your business keeps right on going like the Energizer Bunny in the face of power outages.
These units are installed and set up by professionals and kick on automatically when you lose power. They can give you incredible peace of mind so that when the storms roll in, you can rest easy knowing that your business is covered.
For more power outage tips, visit ready.gov!
A Power Outage Doesn’t Have to Mean Lights Out
Being ready ahead of time is the best way to deal with a power outage, so start thinking about it now and take some steps to get your business ready. If you wait until the power goes out to act, you could be left in the dark!
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