Most small businesses never envision needing a disaster recovery plan yet 30% of businesses have reported that they have had to close for 24 hours or more according to the National Association of Small Businesses.
Whether your business is being interrupted by fires in California (8,000 on average in the month of August alone according to NOAA) or flooding and hurricanes in Florida that cause loss of power, damage to equipment and challenge an already tight supply chain natural disasters are more common then you think and you should be prepared for them with a business continuity plan.
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), almost forty percent of the small businesses in the United States never reopen after suffering a major natural disaster.
Below are 3 websites that can help you get prepared. The time to develop and test a plan is when you don’t need one.
1. US Chamber of Commerce Foundation
2. US government
3. Insurance Information Institute
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