Earthquake Mitigation and Preparedness
for Businesses

Welcome Arkansas business owners, managers, and employees to the Arkansas Center for Earthquake Education and Technology Transfer, Arkansas' premier center for information concerning earthquakes and business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning.

Mitigation

• Company Action List
• How to Secure Your Water Heater
• Mitigation Information for Businesses
• Protecting Your Business From Disasters

Preparedness

• Employee Preparedness Guide - Earthquakes
• Office Emergency and Crime Prevention Plan

Crisis Communications Plans

• Crisis Communications - readiness checklist
• Small Business: Communications plan calms a crisis
• When Disaster Strikes - How You Can Maintain Control During A Crisis

Disaster Recovery Plans

• Business Continuity Page for Beginners
• Disaster Recovery Journal
• Disaster Recovery Planning - Dr. Leland Courtney, University of Alaska School of Business (28 powerpoint slides)
• Disaster Recovery Planning - Have You FORGOTTEN...??
• Getting Started: Disaster Recovery Planning - Without Destroying Your Budget
• Implementing a Disaster Recovery Plan -- Before Disaster Strikes!
• Planning For Disaster By Planning Ahead
• Preparing the Disaster-Recovery / Business-Continuation Plan
• Prepare your business to survive disaster
• Standard Checklist Criteria For Business Recovery
• Why Bother With Recovery Time?

Post-Disaster Assistance

• Free IRS Tax Assistance
  To qualify for disaster loans and grants from other federal agencies, you must have filed all required tax return(s)
• IRS Form 4506 - Request for Copy or Transcript of Tax Form ( 35K) Adobe PDF
• Teletax - Disaster Area Losses
• Economic Injury Disaster Loans
• Physical Disaster Business Loans

For additional small business information and free consulting services in Arkansas, visit the UALR Arkansas Small Business Development Center. Access over 200 small business publications online or via a toll-free fax-on-demand service. Research your business problem at Arkansas most extensive public information center devoted soley to small business.

The UALR Arkansas Small Business Development Center is located in the heart of the Little Rock business district at 100 Main Street, Suite 401, and is open to the public Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

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Last Updated: October 9, 1998 earthquake@quake.ualr.edu Copyright 1998, UALR All rights reserved. http://quake.ualr.edu/business/index.htm