So if the office had been damaged, each person would have had the supplies he or she needed. Those personal supplies are supplemented by a disaster kit that is stored at the agency principal's house. At the beginning of each hurricane season the contents are inventoried to be sure everything that needs to be there is there. The disaster kit also includes a list of all employees' phone numbers, spouse's name, their cell phone number or the number where they can be reached if they have evacuated. When there's a hurricane scare, Batchelor says she runs an expiration list.
Life goes on.
We want to be sure they renew when we're in the midst of this. Batchelor notes that there are other elements to the agency's disaster plan beyond those that pertain to hurricane preparedness and response. She suggests agencies that are just getting started with developing a plan first need to identify what constitutes a disaster in the context of their operation. Plans aren't any good if they're out of date. As you install new technology, review your disaster plan, always remembering the importance of documentation, training and the redundancy of data.