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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP 

When

Friday September 26, 2014 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM CDT
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Where

BastropConventionCenter

Bastrop Convention Center
1408 Chestnut St.
Bastrop, TX 78602

 
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Contact

Donna Taylor
Texas State SBDC
512-423-8450
drt54@txstate.edu

Rachel Clampffer, AICP
Director, Bastrop County Planning, Economic Development & Tourism
512-581-7176
rachel.clampffer@co.bastrop.tx.us

 

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Business owners in this part of Texas know all too well that each beautiful new day could be the day before a major disaster. Planning for emergencies is too important to put off until later. We want to make it easy for you to get your business ready for anything so we're bringing together emergency planning and recovery experts to share best practices while enjoying some good Southside Market BBQ!  

If you haven't registered yet, don't worry!  We'll be taking registrations both electronically and at the door. We have 45 people signed up and room for more so please join us!

Friday, Septmber 26, 2014

Bastrop Convention Center
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Free BBQ Lunch included!

Agenda:

10:30-11:00am  Registration

11:00-11:30am  Welcome & Introductions

11:30-12:30pm  

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Free BBQ Lunch in the Ballroom

Visit Booths & Enter Drawings for Door Prizes

12:30-1:30pm  Panel Discussion: "Most Important Lessons Learned" 

1:30-1:45pm   "A Disaster of Epic Proportions"

1:45 2:00pm  "Ready for Anything"

Every Business Should Have a Plan!

Be Informed.
Do you know what kind of emergencies might affect your company? 
Do you know what you will do in an emergency situation?
Develop a Business Continuity Plan.
Do you know which staff, procedures and equipment are absolutely necessary to keep operating? 
Do you have back-up plans for those operations? 
Do you know what you will do if your building or plant is not accessible? 
Do you know what you will do if your suppliers are impacted by a disaster? 
Are you ready for utility disruptions?
Prepare your Emergency Plan.
Do you have an evacuation and shelter-in-place plan? 
Do you have a plan to communicate with employees before, during and after an incident? 
Do you have copies of building and site maps with utilities and emergency routes marked? 
Are your employees trained for medical emergencies?
Practice the Emergency Plan.
Have you practiced your plan recently? 
Do you practice and coordinate with other businesses in your building or industrial complex? 
Have you reviewed your plans in the last 12 months?
Review Insurance Coverage.
Have you reviewed your insurance coverage recently to see if you’re covered in a disaster?
Secure Your Facility and Equipment.
Have you secured all the ways people, products and supplies get into your building? 
Have you conducted a room-by-room walk through to determine what can be strapped down?
Improve Cyber Security.
Do you regularly install patches to your software? 
Have you installed a firewall on your computer? 
Do you regularly update your antivirus software?
Promote Family and Individual Preparedness.
Do you encourage employees to have a personal emergency supply kit and a family communication plan?

 

 

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The Texas State Small Business Development Center is partially funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The support given by the SBA through such funding does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement of any of the co–sponsors’ or participants’ opinions, findings, conclusions, recommendations, products, or services. A limited number of free and/or reduced price tickets may be available. All SBDC programs are nondiscriminatory and open to the public. Reasonable arrangements for persons with disabilities will be made, if requested at least two weeks in advance. Email: SBDC@txstate.edu, Phone: 512.610.0996.