FEATURE
WHEN DISASTER STRIKES
Here, Kevin Duffiin, Commercial Director for Major and Complex Loss at BELFOR UK, explains how facilities managers can limit lasting impacts on their business through effective disaster planning.
When a disaster strikes a business, the losses extend far beyond physical possessions. Without a robust disaster recovery plan integrated into their wider health and safety strategy, firms face significant interruptions that can severely impact productivity and profitability.
Disasters can strike at any time, and their repercussions can be extensive and enduring. Events such as fires, floods, natural disasters, and malicious acts of damage often leave a trail of significant disruption. The impact on a company’s operations can be profound, leading to prolonged and economically disruptive interruptions.
This highlights the critical importance of incorporating disaster planning into a business’ wider health and safety strategy. Recognising the ever-present threat of disasters, and proactively preparing for them, is essential to ensure recovery, continuity, and long-term success.
Disaster readiness The unpredictability of disasters underscores the need for proactive preparedness. Establishing clear disaster recovery procedures in advance can mean the difference between effective operational recovery and devastating loss of equipment, resources, and customers. It can also reduce the impact that such an incident has on wider supply chains due to loss of production. So, put simply, it is critical to business success.
Before an incident occurs, you should work with a trusted disaster recovery partner to do a survey of your facilities, systems and critical assets, to identify and plan a critical path to business recovery. Your supplier will then recommend practical, proven steps to prevent or solve potential problems before they become reality.
At BELFOR UK, our RED ALERT service is structured to work with your own emergency procedures so that when the unexpected happens, an action plan can be initiated with speed and effectiveness.
Planning for the unexpected Before an incident occurs, we do a thorough survey of your facilities, systems, and important assets, to identify and plan a critical path to business recovery.
We recommend practical, proven steps to prevent or solve potential problems before they become reality.
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We also create a blueprint of your site, to ensure we know where key locations and assets are, and we review this en- route to your site so we can spring into action as soon as we arrive.
Rapid response In a disaster situation, it is vital to act quickly to mitigate the damage and prevent unnecessary secondary damage. The first 24 to 48 hours after a loss are the most critical.
However, as extreme weather events, like the storms and floods we’ve recently experienced, become more frequent, there is increasing pressure on existing capacity.
One call to our 24-hour hotline activates your RED ALERT service and, as a priority client, your incident takes precedence, enabling you to jump the queue and get back up and running sooner than the rest.
Action From here, the team will initiate a three-stage action plan:
• Stabilisation – instigate immediate measures to reduce incident impact and prevent secondary damage.
• Assessment – to assess the extent of damage, determine priorities and coordinate an action plan.
• Mitigation and restoration – structured recovery process to restore your facility, equipment, and business to full operational readiness.
Integrating this process into your business continuity plan will not only minimise business interruptions but will help you get back to operational excellence as quickly as possible.
Call in the experts BELFOR UK is the leading restoration and repair company, restoring homes and properties after fire, water and damage of every kind. The company has been managing insurance claims and delivering expert restoration and reinstatement services for over 35 years. The team treats every case individually, with a tailor-made service based on careful analysis of your damage.
https://red-alert.belfor.com
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