Help employees and their families prepare. Your employees will be better able to help your business respond and recover from an emergency if they know how to prepare their homes and families. You can help your employees become better prepared by:
- Offering first aid training to employees annually.
- Offering CPR/AED training to employees annually.
- Offering blood borne pathogens training to employees annually.
- Offering preparedness training to employees annually. This can include reminding employees and their families to: “Get a Kit, Make a Plan and Be Informed.” Include emergency preparedness information in newsletters, on company intranet, periodic employee e-mails and other internal communications tools.
- Encouraging employees to identify alternative routes for going to and from your facility.
- Reminding employees to always keep their emergency contact information current.
- Encouraging employees to have an out-of-area contact designated where they can leave an “I’m okay” message during a disaster or an emergency situation. Remind employees to have a family communications plan that includes meeting places both at home and outside their neighborhood, and current emergency contact information for all family members.
- Making sure your list of employees with first aid and CPR/AED training is kept up-to-date as employees come and go.
- Encouraging employees to have emergency preparedness kits on hand at work, at home and in their vehicles. Include information in the Family Communication Plan about these locations, and an alternate meeting place in case it is unsafe to return home.
- Encouraging employees to learn about the emergency plans that are in place at their children’s schools, child care facilities and other places where their children stay when not with them.
- Include information about other activities, communications or services you have offered to promote employee personal preparedness in both the workplace and at home.