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Severe weather and natural disasters can have catastrophic consequences for infrastructure, business operations, and of course, our communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, the\u00a0Emergency Event Database<\/a>\u00a0recorded 387 natural hazards and disasters\u00a0worldwide, resulting in the deaths of 30,704 people.\u00a0 From an economic perspective, these emergency events, which include floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires, resulted in losses in\u00a0excess of around US$ 223 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural disasters are set to increase by 37% globally by 2025<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Climate change has a significant impact on the frequency and severity of natural disasters and scientists predict this will continue to increase<\/a>.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years we have seen wildfires ravage Australia, Europe and the US, earthquakes strike the US and Asia, and floods and hurricanes cause major damage in the US, UK and New Zealand.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an employer, you have a duty of care to your staff<\/a> \u2013 especially those who work or travel in at-risk areas.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What types of severe weather could affect my staff? <\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Whilst some severe weather events can be predicted in advance, others have little to no warning before occurring. Some types of disasters are more likely to occur in some areas than others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Devastating wildfires<\/a> in Greece, Australia and the United States have dominated the news in 2023. In New Zealand, as well as being prone to severe flooding, being on the boundary of two tectonic plates means they are at an increased risk of earthquakes.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the US, hurricanes are a major cause of destruction, with\u00a0eight major hurricanes<\/a>\u00a0making landfall since\u00a02017.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the risk profile varies significantly depending on location, it is important to identify the types of severe weather that are most likely to occur and take the appropriate measures to keep any at-risk staff safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Severe weather<\/strong> protocols and policies for keeping employees safe<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As an employer, you should have policies in place as part of your health and safety procedures to document how you will deal with emergency situations. Your risk assessment should include provision for severe weather conditions, for domestic employees and for any business travellers and workers in high\u2013risk areas, to ensure you are quickly able to locate and communicate with them in an emergency.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Locating and helping staff in severe weather disasters <\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If the threat of severe weather is higher for your staff, for example, if they work in a hurricane zone like Florida, or near forests in Australia, it is especially important that you have procedures and tools in place to quickly locate and send assistance to your employees in an emergency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

EcoOnline\u2019s lone worker solution, powered by StaySafe,<\/a>  has been developed specifically to help businesses to meet their duty of care to employees in the event of an unpredictable emergency such as a natural disaster or severe weather incident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consisting of an app and cloud-based monitoring hub, StaySafe enables employers to quickly and easily locate employees in an emergency and send immediate help.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Features including a panic button, timed welfare checks, missed check-in and fall detection alerts help to ensure that employees are found quickly and get help in an emergency \u2013 even in areas of low or no signal<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out our EcoOnline lone worker solution today. 
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