Summer Safety

Summertime brings vacations, long weekends and reduced work hours for many offices. Make sure that reduced coverage at work doesn't reduce your level of response readiness. Check that anyone who is taking time off has appropriately handed off their emergency response duties to someone who will be available and able to respond appropriately.

To increase personal safety and security at home, remind anyone going on vacation to take some basic precautions. Ensure any deliveries will be picked up; leave emergency contact information with trusted sources; and have someone stop by to check the home and create signs of inhabitance by turning on/off lights and opening/closing curtains. Extra preparedness points for people who take the time to know the likely emergencies of the place they are visiting and how to respond to them!