Prepare your business
Emergencies and disasters can happen without warning. Developing a plan and preparing your business for an emergency will help you act quickly and minimise the impacts of severe weather events or disasters. A plan will help guide you and your business before, during and after an emergency event. The tips below will assist:
- Check your insurance is current and adequate.
- Maintain the property and location of your business.
- Back up and secure your data.
- Prepare an easily accessible list of emergency contacts.
- Review evacuation procedures.
- Create an emergency kit.
- Assign key roles and responsibilities to team members.
- Rehearse and revise to help plan for possible emergencies.
- Check your ABN details are up to date.
- Know where to go for information and warnings.
Council’s Disaster Dashboard provides up-to-date information and warnings relating to bushfires, weather events, road closures, flood mapping and power outages. On the Dashboard, sign up for council’s free ‘Opt-In Alerts’ service to receive text (SMS) and/or email notifications that will be sent during disaster events. Click on the ‘Opt-In Alerts’ button and follow the prompts to subscribe.
Useful resources
Prepare your business for an emergency | business.gov.au
Prepare your business for natural disasters | Business Queensland
Disaster Preparedness for Business | Get Ready Queensland
