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them not prepared because it shifts the dependency on equipment to do activities that, if they were not available, could not be performed by staff or management. To be effective, disaster EST must be specifically tai- lored to your employees. It should sync up perfectly with your disaster plan. For instance, if you plan doesn’t include search and rescue, then don’t put those supplies in your bags. Technology should also be used sparingly in a disas- ter. But when it is utilized by a property, employees should have complete access to it, know the passwords, and how to effectively perform the process of sending messages or otherwise activating it. Step 3 – Redesign Your Training and Drills Training and drills are the most important elements of a disaster program. They are more important than disas- ter plans and EST combined. This is because the way a workforce is trained and drilled will not only reinforce the behaviors necessary in a disaster, but also exposes the strengths and weaknesses of your program overall. The problem is that most training is actually too detailed. Go- ing through an earthquake or wildfire procedures point by point is boring and unnecessary. No one is going to remember it, and it detracts from information that really necessary for employees to act during a disaster. Drills are equally as useless because most times employees are converted into bystanders while managers do everything, and simply bark instructions at staff. This is not conducive to real situations where employees can be incredibly valu- able members of a disaster team. Redesign your training and drills so that line employees are the stars. Training should focus on leadership ability and the basic steps in a disaster response and where to find the information they will need for more in-depth pro- cedures. In fact, this should be reinforced with drills where managers are made to stand on the side, and employ- ees instructed to perform an entire disaster drill without management participation. This will give an accurate way to assess their readiness. It will also reinforce individual initiative and responsibility so anyone can put together an impromptu emergency team. That is how you turn by- stander employees into emergency team members that can work for you in any disaster. Whether you run a company with five or 500 employ- ees, it is critical that each member be prepared not to respond to a disaster, but to actually organize a disaster team. It is more than just red binders, written plans, and an expensive communication mobile app. It’s about em- powering employees to act with authority and lead during a disaster. If you don’t, you will turn them into bystanders who not only are excluded as part of the solution – they become part of the problem. Patrick Hardy is founder and CEO of Hytropy Disas- ter Management™, the largest full-service small business disaster management company in the U.S. To reach him, visit www.americasdisasterplanner.com.
OHIO BLOW PIPE/ADVANCED AIRSYSTEMS www.obpairsystems.com For 85 years the Ohio Blow Pipe company and its whol- ly owned subsidiary, Advanced Airsystems, have provided the corrugated and folding carton industries with systems and products to process scrap. We engineer, fabricate, in- stall, service, provide system audits, and offer a wide range of scrap systems, dust collection systems and products to include cyclones, under roof AIR-SCREEN™ systems, pit belt systems, CLEANAIR dust collectors, Mist-Clone™ dust control systems for vacuum feeds, material handling fans, ductwork, switch valves, airveyors, balers, shredders and dust briquetters. OMP www.omp.com OMP helps companies facing complex planning challenges to excel, grow and thrive by offering the best digitized sup- ply chain planning solution on the market. Its Unison Plan- ning concept has a unique approach. It handles all supply chain planning challenges in a unified way, synchronizing all planning stages, horizons, functions and roles. Hundreds of customers run OMP’s cloud-based solution to generate more value by making informed decisions. OMP invests one out of every three dollars earned into innovation.
PAPER AND DUST PROS, INC. www.paperanddustpros.com
We custom design, install and service air conveyed scrap and dust collection systems. Our unique APS® is smaller, lighter, and more reliable than current cyclones. Contact us to learn how the APS® System can enhance your operation.
PROFERO SYSTEMS, INC. www.ProferoSystems.com
Profero Systems the leader in double facer heating and traction section conversions along with other performance enhancing products. Featuring products from Contact Bars and Compensating Rolls to New Glue Machines and Double Facers.
GF PUHL www.gfpuhl.com
GF PUHL designs, manufactures and installs air conveyed scrap & dust collection systems for the packaging and cor- rugated industries. With 39 years of experience, USA and International. We offer below or above roof systems featur- ing cyclones OR screen separators with real time pressure balancing for optimal dust control. High efficiency cyclones for sheet transfer exhaust systems eliminate water con- sumption and deliver dust directly to compactor or briquet- ter for low maintenance, long term sustainability and reli- ability. System audits, dust explosivity tests and dust hazard analysis (DHA’s) available. Re-manufactured balers, filters, blowers and shredders available at significant savings.
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