DISASTER RECOVERY
TOOLKIT
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A DISASTER
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INITIAL ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST
INITIAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
YES/NO
Are your premises operational?
Can you recommence trading from your premise without significant repairs?
Can you recover any of your stock, supplies and equipment?
Have you created a list of your damaged and undamaged stock, equipment and
other assets?
Have you prioritised the list of equipment and assets you will need to get the
business back up and running?
Have you taken photographs of the damage including premises, equipment, stock?
CONTACT YOUR INSURER
YES/NO
Have you given your insurer your preliminary damage assessment?
Has your insurer been able to tell you what your insurance payout is likely to be,
when the payout is likely to be made and whether it will be in the form of cash or
asset replacement or a mix of both?
Have any of your employees been affected by the disaster?
Are you keeping employees, key customers, suppliers and lenders informed of what
you are doing in response to the disaster?
Do you need to put off employees for the time being?
Do you need to postpone purchasing supplies for the time being?
Can you cancel orders that you have made?
Have you informed customers where supply orders cannot be fulfilled at this time
and assisted them to fill such orders from other suppliers until you will be able to
supply them again?
Have you collected your computer back-ups and other necessary information from
storage?
CONTACT DISASTER SUPPORT SERVICES
Have you contacted government support lines to determine if you qualify for
assistance from the government?
If you qualify for support, have you applied for it?
Have you determined what support government agencies may be providing,
including deferral of the lodgement of tax returns?
YES/NO