Smartphones Are Employees Lifeline During Disasters According to a recent survey by Staples, Inc., fewer than half of employees think their employers are prepared for snow and ice storms or catastrophic events such as tornadoes, hurricanes, or earthquakes. As a result, and often due to a lack of resource accessibility, when a disaster strikes, workers are often left unprepared to take action and instead are reliant on first responders. However, what happens when law enforcement, EMS personnel, and/or fire service personnel arent able to respond due to the sheer magnitude of the disaster or because their own safety and well-being is threatened? To empower employees to best prepare and respond to disasters, companies need to take a closer look at how smartphone technology can support and extend existing emergency plan efforts. By mobilizing disaster preparedness information and putting it in the hands of employees via their mobile devices, organizations can give employees the safety resources necessary to help them and their co-workers survive during a disaster.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 17:12:04 +0000
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