I am thrilled this conversation has started. Emergency Preparedness is critical as someone who was in NYC at 9/11. Due to my inability to call my grandmother to let her know I was alive on 9/11, I started Send Word Now <http://sendwordnow.com/> with a good friend (a emergency notification system). I no longer work for the company but I learned a lot about emergency preparedness during that time (disclosure: still own equity).
*The Importance of CoWorking Spaces for Emergency Management * A key thing to remember is emergency preparedness is not only what you can do to prevent/mitigate, prepare, respond and help recover for you and your people -- it important but there is more. Also know that it is what you can do to prevent/mitigate, prepare, respond and help recover for the people in your community. Coworking places are perfect places to partner with others such as other local businesses, local gov't, local residents, etc. and plan for these emergency occurrences. FYI: one of the failings of Katrina was a lack of local leadership. In fact, one of the main reasons for loss of life and property is lack of resources (including leadership) directly after a disaster and not immediately during. I have been to more than 25 coworking spaces in my life and every single one is filled with strong, entrepreneurial leaders -- exactly what is needed in all phases of emergency management. If you run a coworking space, please see yourself as a possible solution to assist others when bad sh*t happens in your community. Yes, you need plans to protect you and your loved ones. And, when you know everyone is ok, you can then assist others (quickly). Knowing how to do so BEFORE sh*t hits the fan is a really good idea. Trust me. ~ Janice Caillet ~ ~ ~ ~ Janice Caillet Founder & Chief Catalyst iStartup.cc <http://istartup.cc/> +1.617.874.6923 Our Mission To assist individuals, teams, organizations and communities to turn on and realize their potential. On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
