Do yearly or frequent refreshes of your emergency management plan
Emergency plans can cover a range of things on farm. From fire, medical to natural disasters they all require an emergency plan.
And in more recent years - cyber attacks.
Why are Emergency plans important?
You can't predict emergencies, the only thing you can do is be prepared.
By planning ahead you can then reduce the consequences, be prepared and get your business back up and running as a result.
Your emergency plan should have who you should contact, where emergency gear is located and how to contact emergency services. What3Words is another great app to utilise on your farm as well.
Be extremely simple and step-by-step with the instructions in your plan. People in panic don't think logically and need easy-to-understand instructions. Think of your workers as well when writing your plan. You can have workers who've been on the farm for 10+ years and know the location of everything, but you could also have the young guy who started last week and is still unsure of where everything is located.
Think of the scenarios you may have and what hazards would arise from them while building it.
Cyber Attacks on Farm?
With the rise of cyber attacks in recent years, it's no longer targeted against giant corporate businesses.
Smaller businesses that lack cybersecurity knowledge are at a heightened risk of attacks.
You can have a procedure and an emergency plan for cyber attacks. It covers keeping devices up to date, backing up data, multifactor authorisation and having unique passwords and phrases.
