3 Ways an Emergency Ready Profile Can Help Your Business

6/5/2020 (Permalink)

In a blog post from last year, we briefly explained SERVPRO’s Emergency Ready Profile (ERP). For those who didn’t see it, an ERP is a free, custom document that outlines the important information your business needs in the event of a disaster. This document includes emergency contact information, the location of emergency shutoffs, utility contact information, and much more. Our SERVPRO representatives come out to our business, get some basic information, and compile this profile at no cost to you!

When most businesses learn about our program, they want to know one thing: what does an ERP do for them? Fortunately, we’ve helped dozens of local businesses get their ERPs, so we know of a few ways it can help your business!

1. An ERP can help mitigate the overall damage. An Emergency Ready Profile can provide your on-site staff with critical information needed to respond to a disaster. If your business had flooding from a broken pipe, for example, they could quickly refer to the ERP to learn where the water shutoff valves were. They would also have the contact information for your trusted service providers right at their fingertips.

2. Preparedness plans can help a business survive a disaster. According to FEMA, 40-60% of small businesses never survive a disaster such as flooding or a fire. A disaster preparedness plan can improve your odds. While an ERP isn’t enough of a plan on its own, it is an important piece that—in conjunction with a response strategy—can go a long way in helping you navigate the aftermath of any incident.

3. You establish a relationship with your local disaster restoration company. If you have fire damage, water damage, or any other kind of disaster, you’ll want a quick and professional response. When we create your ERP, we’ll save a copy in our system. Should you have an incident and call our team, we’ll be able to pull up all the critical information you've provided so we can respond quickly and efficiently. This saves precious time and gives you peace of mind.

We established the Emergency Ready Profile so we could help businesses be ready should they be affected by a disaster. We offer this at no cost—we just hope that if you need our services, you’ll call us first. If you would like to get an ERP for your place of business, call SERVPRO of Iredell County today at (704) 872-7466!