The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimates that 40 percent of small businesses wouldn’t reopen after a disaster. Should disaster strike your business, ensure you’re on the other side of the equation by planning in advance and creating a disaster recovery plan.

PIA National would like to remind PIA members and state affiliate associations that we are here to help. We have an Agency Disaster Planning Manual available for your use.

Need a little inspiration before taking the time to create your disaster recovery plan? Read this article about three sisters who opened a bakery in New Orleans in 2007, two years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed another sisters’ New Orleans bakery.

Agency Disaster Planning Manual

Ready for Anything: Make sure you're fully prepared for when disaster strikes. (Entrepreneur Magazine July 2008)

June 24, 2008