After our space was destroyed by floods in 2008, and then again in 2009, we were asked by our local state EDC to write a book about emergency preparedness for small communities: https://sites.google.com/a/schoolfactory.org/recovery/
We had no idea that we needed an emergency plan for anything, but the experience changed us! Get all kinds of insurance--flood insurance, if you need it. Have a way to capture all injuries in the space so you can record details. (We made this form for the spaces in our network: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zIKMv734t6R14xLiZhdw3ZT4YcXHsvuAkZdI9hG8YdI/viewform -- feel free to steal it!) Have a policy for emergencies and disasters--here's a boilerplate example: https://atrium.schoolfactory.org/spacefed/node/107777 (look at the sections on the left for ideas of what to steal) Good luck! Best, James Carlson Director, School Factory jamescarlson.me James Carlson 414-215-0215 On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 11:18 PM, Janice Caillet <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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. 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