Investing In Safety and Preparedness Plans For Your Business

There are some basic things you need to know what to do when an emergency incident comes around. The better organized and educated the individuals within your workplace are, the more likely you will be to safely and effectively act in the event of an emergency. The best idea is to invest in a plan and practice it so that you can ensure your staff’s well-being and safety.

• You need to ensure that your preparedness plan’s procedures protocols and contacts are up-to-date and you also need to ensure that you conduct training regularly. Ask yourself if your security team is prepared to respond to emergencies, if your employees know what do in an emergency event or if your business can still continue to operate if it’s not in its current location, due to an emergency incident.

• You need to create a preparedness manual so that security and management personnel can follow it. Your manual should have things like evacuation plans, back-up working locations, communications procedures, equipment to ready, supplies to stock and also contractor and local authority information.

• You need to know what kind of disasters could potentially harm your area, whether they be natural or man-made. That way, you would know what kinds of things to expect and how to prepare for the possibility of their occurrence in your area.

• You need to assess possible disasters and discuss the insurance agent, so that you can review your policies to ensure that they sufficiently cover you. You have to know that they do or do not cover so that you can make the necessary adjustments or take necessary action.

A safe work place is crucial and ensuring that you have the right safety procedures and policies for things such as working at heights, first aid CPR, confined space entry, as well as things like WHMIS-GHS can create a great work environment that is safe and productive. Since Advanced Consulting and Training Ltd.’s founding, their diverse team of certified health and safety professionals have taken great pride in their ability to deliver prompt, cost-effective and relevant workplace health and safety solutions. As a CPO approved, TSSA accredited, and WSIB approved provider, we look forward to discussing how ACT can help with your company’s safety requirements. Contact us today.