Business Resources
Plan & Prepare
Be sure to sign up for the emergency alert system used by your local municipality (link to “About Us”).
When an emergency strikes it is important to have a plan for how you and your employees should respond, and how to recover once the dust settles. Create your emergency response plan today.
Access toolkits to help you prepare in specific types of emergencies, including hurricanes, flooding, power outages, and more.
The American Red Cross Ready Rating program is a free, self-guided program designed to help businesses, organizations and schools become better prepared for emergencies.
Training staff for the unexpected can be critical to making sure your business is truly prepared. Learn how to educate your staff through experiential trainings.
Recover
After an emergency, you and your employees may need assistance and support. Learn best practices for communicating with your staff (including how to create a crisis communication plan) and how to access employee services.
The Disaster Assistance Improvement Program (DAIP) provides disaster survivors with information, support, services, and a means to access and apply for disaster assistance through joint data-sharing efforts between federal, tribal, state, local, and private sector partners.
Read some FAQs from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) about repairing and rebuilding after a disaster.
Additional Resources
The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) provides Massachusetts residents and visitors emergency preparedness resources, emergency alerts, and information during and after emergencies and disasters. MEMA coordinates with federal, state, and local government agencies, non-profits and businesses to prepare, respond and recover from emergencies and disasters.
The mission of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is helping people before, during, and after disasters.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is an independent, nonregulatory federal agency that investigates the root causes of major chemical incidents. Both accident investigations and hazard investigations lead to new safety recommendations, which are the Board's principal tool for achieving positive change.