Emergency Preparedness

Preparing For Disaster. Diabetic Preparedness Key To Survival This Season

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Preparing For Disaster. Diabetic Preparedness Key To Survival This Season When Hurricane Katrina struck last August, people with diabetes faced particular challenges, especially those using insulin. More than 20 million people in America have diabetes, and many others suffer with other chronic health conditions. During this year’s hurricane and tornado season, Eli Lilly and Company, …

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Supplies And Tools For Emergency Preparedness

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Supplies And Tools For Emergency Preparedness Every household should prepare in advance for emergencies. Recent surveys show that fewer than 20 percent of Americans feel they are “very prepared” should a natural disaster or emergency strike. Yet 67 percent of Americans acknowledge the importance of being prepared. An emergency can be as simple as the …

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Calculating The True Cost Of Disaster Preparedness

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Calculating The True Cost Of Disaster Preparedness Small-business owners who think preparing for a disaster is expensive should think again. Being unprepared-and losing everything-can mean paying a much higher price. For example, in July 1996, the president and owner of Brookville Mining Equipment Corporation, Dalph McNeil, faced every business owner’s nightmare when the nearby creek …

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Disaster Preparedness For Your Small Business: How To “Weather” Any Storm

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Disaster Preparedness For Your Small Business: How To “Weather” Any Storm In the event of a potential disaster, do you have a business continuity plan for your employees and your business? Are you backing up files on a routine basis, and could you recover them in an emergency? On average, nearly 60 percent of businesses …

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Home Land Security

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Home Land Security The National Strategy for Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 was created after September 11, to address national security and to organize efforts to maintain and protect the United States from terrorist attacks. Preventing threats to our homeland and protecting the safety, freedom, property and economy of U.S. citizens …

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