Advice Pueblo Business Owners Can Use to Rebuild After a Disaster

2/16/2022 (Permalink)

Keep your business running after a natural disaster following these steps.

What was the most important lesson you’ve learned during the COVID-19 pandemic? A lot of business owners have a similar answer. It’s that you can’t plan for everything. Sometimes being smart and agile means looking for new ways to reach your customers and continue operating. And it’s impossible to predict what might happen in the future.

These are great lessons to learn, and they can move into other aspects of your business, including being prepared for more predictable natural disasters like severe storms, fires and floods. Many business owners already have disaster plans in place for these (even if they didn’t plan for a pandemic).

If you own a business in Pueblo, we’re here to support you during any time of disaster. We understand that planning for a disaster is one thing, but living through it and continuing to conduct business is something else entirely.

As a way to support you, we’ve pulled together some of the best tips we have to help you deal with moving forward after a storm, fire or flood.

Your Best Next Steps

You can reopen your business quickly and efficiently after a disaster. Here’s how we recommend that you do it:

Work your disaster plan. It’s smart to work on this plan before you need it because you’ll be in a better frame of mind to think things through. For example, some may consider moving to a backup location to continue offering services.

Work as closely as you can with your insurance company. Be ready to provide what your insurer will need to help you move forward. In most cases, that will be photos of the damage (before it’s cleaned up) or an inventory that details lost or damaged items if you can, including their value, too.

Keep your community in the loop. Don’t neglect your suppliers, your employees, your customers and your wider community. They’ll want to know how your business is progressing and any other ways they can support you. You can also share a temporary location using social media or an email list.

Choose reliable partners. Don’t work with any restoration company that doesn’t communicate regularly and uses advanced equipment designed to restore your business to its original state.

If a fire, flood or any other cause damages your business, you can always count on SERVPRO for restoration assistance. We have crews who are available ²⁴⁄₇ in the event of an emergency. Contact us at any time to learn more about our restoration services and how we can help you.