Why Your Business Needs Emergency Preparedness Supplies

Following a catastrophic disaster during business hours, employees may be stranded at work for days to weeks until roads are cleared for safe driving. And, if the office building suffers structural damage, employees may be forced to shelter outdoors and endure the elements.

Electricity may be out for weeks leaving everyone in the dark and causing water treatment plants to stop working. There may also be injuries requiring medical attention when no emergency assistance will be available.

Not only do you want to keep your employees safe, but also it is your responsibility to take measures to protect your employees from foreseeable dangers such as natural disasters.

Failure to maintain standards of protection opens managers and officers to liability if losses or injuries occur because of their failure to act.

Below is a summary of the different categories of emergency preparedness
supplies that you should have in your workplace for employees.

Drinking Water

Your office should also keep a minimum of a 3 day supply of emergency water per employee. But don’t waste company money storing bottled water when it only stores safely for 6 months. Our office emergency drinking water is US Coast guard approved to store safely for 5 years. However, it is also important to remember that ideally you should have a gallon of water per employee for emergency preparedness because running water will likely be unavailable or unsafe.

72 Hour Kit

It is the responsibility of management to ensure that the workplace has at least a 3 day supply of emergency food for each employee. That is why our 72 hour kits for the office come with a 5-year shelf-life, 3-day supply of survival food rations. A 3 day supply is the minimum survival recommendation as a week supply of emergency food per employee is recommended.

Emergency Lights

Your office will likely be without electricity after a disaster which is why you need emergency lights to help employees navigate around dangerous debris in the dark. Don’t waste your company’s money storing regular battery-powered flashlights and batteries for an emergency because regular batteries have a shelf-life of only 6 months and last only hours.  12 hour emergency light sticks which have a 5-year shelf-life.

First Aid Kits

In a major disaster while employees are work, many may become injured as they evacuate the building or campus due to dangerous debris. That is why businesses need to keep comprehensive emergency first aid kits that can easily be mobilized to safety.

Sanitation Supplies

It’s not a pleasant thought, but your office’s plumbing will likely be unavailable after a major disaster and employees may be sharing shelter outdoors. Because it is important to avoid employees getting sick during a time of disaster, your office needs to have emergency sanitation supplies to maintain sanitary conditions.