Resources to Help Inform & Prepare
Witt Associates provides valuable resources to assist your business in achieving disaster resilience. Hazards such as earthquakes, winter storms or even aging infrastructure can affect our communities and impact our economy.
Can your business rebound successfully from a disaster?
Consider these statistics:
- Almost 40% of small businesses that close due to a disaster event never re-open
- 91% of Americans live in places at moderate to high risk of earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, wildfires, hurricanes, flooding, high-wind damage or terrorism
- 85% of the U.S. critical infrastructure is owned by private industry
Featured Resources
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How to prepare when an Emergency Strikes!
Emergencies and disasters can strike suddenly, without warning, anywhere, at any time of the day or night. How you prepare can have a significant impact on whether you survive and how you manage in the days and weeks immediately following a disaster. At a minimum you should take the following... -
Preparing for a Hurricane
Hurricanes are extremely dangerous storms that can cause widespread property damage, serious injury and threaten lives. Property damage can occur not only from hurricane force winds, but from coastal flooding caused by tidal surge, inland flooding from heavy rains, and from tornadoes that can... -
Preparing for a Flood
Floods are the most common cause of disaster in the United States and every state is at risk of flooding. Some floods can be the result of heavy rainfall that occurs over a period of several days. Other floods, called flash floods, can occur suddenly or with little warning along a stream, dry... -
Preparing for a Tornado
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. Tornadoes can occur in any state, but most frequently they occur east of the Rocky Mountains. The most common time of the year for a tornado is during the spring and summer months, but a tornado can... -
Preparing for an Earthquake
At any time of the day or night, the destructive force of an earthquake can strike suddenly and without warning. A major earthquake in a populated area can cause extensive damage, injury and death, interrupt water, gas and electrical service, and disrupt communications and transportation....
