Preparedness Resources.

Your Secret Weapon for Attracting and Retaining Employees

Employers have rarely had a harder time attracting and retaining the right employees. When California employers were asked to rank the most important issue they currently face, 78% said employee engagement and retention.

Cate
February 22, 2022

An Easy Way To Let Others Know You’re Safe

When the Wine Country wildfires of 2017 struck my city, Santa Rosa was suddenly a lead story on national news. Every family member and friend wanted to know if we were safe and whether our house was still standing. So they called.

Cate
February 15, 2022

Developing a Preparedness Culture in Your Workplace

If you needed to use the loo when visiting the offices of Family Emergency Shelter Coalition, where I used to serve as Executive Director, you would encounter something a little odd and a little fun. On the inside of the stall door would be an 8 ½” x 11” sheet with an eye-catching graphic and some brief instructions that comprised a micro-lesson on emergency preparedness.

Cate
February 24, 2022

It’s A Moral Obligation

Three massage spas. A supermarket. An office building. Those were the sites of three of the mass shooting incidents in the US in March, 2021. In the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia. In the college town of Boulder, Colorado. In the affluent small city of Orange, California.

Cate
February 22, 2022

Can You Reach All Your Employees Fast?

There’s a big snowstorm/wildfire/flood/[your natural disaster here] headed your way. You need to alert and instruct all your employees immediately unnamed But there are 200 of them, and they work at 12 different sites, not counting the ones who are working remotely. How do you reach all of them quickly? Just as important, how do you get word back from each of them to let you know their status?

Cate
February 21, 2022

Go Bags and Stay Supplies

To survive a disaster, businesses have to be back up and running at some level within five days. For that to happen, employees have to be ready and willing to return to work. Employees will not come back if their families are not taken care of. So it’s very much in a business owner’s interest to help employees to get themselves and their families prepared.

Cate
February 23, 2022

Drills they're Disruptive. They're Repetitive. They Will Save Your Life

No one thinks clearly during an emergency. People make terrible decisions during emergencies if they are trying to figure out what to do for the first time. Every firefighter will tell you: if you have to stop and think it through, you will not have time to survive. How to get to safety has to be in every employee’s muscle memory.

Cate
February 23, 2022

Making Things Stay Where You Put Them

If you’ve never been through a major earthquake, it can be hard to imagine their power and impact. You might see images of grocery stores with the contents of the shelves on the floor. You may have the impression that they gradually vibrated off the shelves. That’s not what happens. Things that are not fixed in place go flying.

Cate
February 16, 2022

Why We Don’t Call It Disaster Preparedness

A disaster (“a sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life”) is something that happens to you. An emergency (“a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action”) is a situation you take action to respond to.

Cate
February 22, 2022

Let There Be Light

Unless you’re in the footprint of the Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPSs) that California utility companies impose periodically to prevent fires (don’t get me started), your last encounter with producing light without an electrical outlet may have been on a long-ago camping trip.

Cate
February 26, 2022

Portable Power Stations Part 2

There are many models and a lot of opinions about which PPSs are best. In such a competitive field, there will inevitably be rapid innovation that will make today’s recommendations irrelevant tomorrow. So rather than recommending particular models, I’ll mention some features to look for upload.

Cate
February 22, 2022

Portable Power Stations Part 1

In parts of the country prone to wildfires, utility companies have taken to shutting down electrical lines in high-fire-danger areas during red flag (hot, dry, and windy) weather. Often power lines that run through these areas are high-voltage transmission lines, the ones that take the power from the generation plant to several substations.

Cate
February 22, 2022
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