Hi! The topic of emergency preparedness came up again at GCUC Toronto and I wanted to refresh this thread. So far I'm seeing these as useful
Posting the address in obvious places Emergency contact info for members and staff Knowing who is CPR or first aid trained Having a fire extinguisher and first aid kit easily accessible *Has anyone else taken it a step further like posting a safe meeting place (Our safe spot is the oak tree across the street etc), drafting actual steps or plans to take in the event of fire, flood, earthquake, gunman etc?* Angel On Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 3:13:58 PM UTC-7, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: > > This afternoon, my building's superintendant came in and asked me where > the nearest hospital was. He wasn't feeling well and needed help. > > I sat him down, got some members to talk to him, and looked up local > hospitals. Google Maps proved fruitless, though I did eventually find a > good list. After talking to him more, we decided to call 911, where they > advised us to wait for an ambulance to arrive. We're waiting to hear back > on his condition. > > The incident was a big eye opener for me; emergency preparedness is > something you might not think much about until you have a really good > reason to. > > I'm going to post contact information and the location of local hospitals > and such, but I've also added a step to our onboarding procedure asking > incoming members about their medical training. I figure this is a good > start. > > Does anyone here have some helpful stories or tips to contribute in this > vein? > > Cheers, > Tony > --- > New Work City > Site <http://nwc.co> | Twitter <http://twitter.com/nwc> | Newsletter > <http://nwc.co/newsletter> > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
