The BDB has compiled a comprehensive guide of resources to ensure Martin County businesses have the support they need, are ready to face a variety of emergencies and crises, and can recover as quickly as possible. This gives businesses confidence that they can bounce back from almost any challenge.
Emergencies or disasters can take many forms, and the financial setbacks after a disaster can be overwhelming. Businesses are better positioned to continue operations quickly and manage risk when prepared.
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AlertMartin is a free service provided by Martin County that allows Emergency Management, Fire Rescue, Utilities, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, and municipal partners to send important public safety messages and other timely warnings by phone, text, or email.
Martin County Emergency Management wants to help residents be prepared, no matter the threat. Our community has already witnessed the devastating impacts that both health and natural disasters can cause.
FPL’s tools help businesses be prepared for significant weather events, including hurricanes. From understanding your risk to how to operate generators to being aware of scams, and helpful video, their storm guide outlines many resources for business owners and operators.
Use this link to report outages or status updates.
Considering how a disaster could affect employees, customers, and the workplace is essential. This link will take a business through a Damage Assessment Survey, Disaster Planning Toolkit, and much more, including signing up for important updates.
Dedicated to manufacturers, resources include business continuity assessment tools, risk assessment and mitigation, supply chain planning, cyber security readiness, upskilling for resilience, and more
SBDC disaster specialists can help small business owners develop a comprehensive business continuity and emergency preparedness plan in one of their many locations around the state. Their website also contains plan templates that can be downloaded and completed at home.
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Small businesses are highly vulnerable and can lack adequate resources to focus on preparedness actions. Having a disaster plan can mean the difference between your business recovering after a disaster or closing forever. This resource educates businesses on how to prepare for disasters of all kinds while building flexibility to handle potential business interruptions.
Building a disaster recovery plan to help businesses continue and perform the most critical operations to help reduce short- and long-term losses.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency created the Ready Business website to assist businesses in dealing with a variety of hazards: natural hazards like floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes; health hazards such as widespread and serious illnesses like the flu; human-caused hazards including accidents and acts of violence; and technology-related hazards like power outages and equipment failure. The Ready Business program helps business leaders make a preparedness plan to get ready for these hazards.
The U.S. Small Business Administration offers an emergency preparedness website with tools to assess your business for risk, create a business continuity plan, and learn about the low-interest disaster recovery loans offered by the SBA.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency guides small and medium businesses about cybersecurity, ransomware, bombing prevention, and active shooter preparedness.
Use this link when reopening your business following the storm to report any storm-related impacts, outages, service issues, and encumbrances in Martin County.
Please scroll down this link to find valuable information from FPL about recovering safely after a storm, including generator tips and resources in Spanish.
When local emergency management officials and law enforcement have determined the area is safe and secure for the private sector to re-enter following a disaster, the focus will shift to community recovery.
The Recovery Bureau works to maximize disaster assistance to eligible public entities, individuals, and families through various State and Federal disaster assistance programs. These programs help to rebuild lives and communities that have been impacted by a major disaster and begin the recovery process.
The Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan program provides short-term, zero-interest working capital loans intended to “bridge the gap” between a disaster’s impact on a business and its securement of longer-term recovery funding, such as federally or commercially available loans, insurance claims, or other resources.
The purpose of DUA is to provide benefits and reemployment services to individuals whose employment or self-employment was lost or interrupted by a major disaster.
National Dislocated Worker Grants are awarded for temporary employment to workers affected by major dislocations, including natural disasters. Disaster relief employment can be temporary jobs that address the structural and humanitarian needs of residents of an area that has suffered a federally declared emergency or major disaster.
(formerly Recovery resources, other)
Additional resources, from Disaster Business Damage Assessment Surveys to Volunteer Florida and the Disaster Contractors Network Portal, are available here.
Whether your business has been impacted by a natural or manmade disaster or economic downturn, the Florida SBDC Network provides access to the disaster capital, funding, and resources businesses needs to recover, rebuild, and grow.
SBA Small Business Loans
The Small Business Administration provides low-interest disaster loans to businesses of all sizes, private non-profit organizations, homeowners, and renters for physical and economic damage caused by a declared disaster. SBA disaster loans can be used to repair or replace real estate, personal property, machinery and equipment, and inventory and business assets damaged or destroyed in a declared disaster.
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