The Cost of Preparedness versus Response Is it statistically feasible to calculate the level of resources needed to address a catastrophic flooding incident? Well, that’s the million dollar question; at Praetorian Disaster Supply our sole purpose is to prepare our clients to respond to the threat of a flood against life, or damage to homes or business. We resolve to get you as close to readiness as possible. The most important aspects of your focus is to establish a cost benefit analysis; Simply stated, determine the point costs of preparedness begin to outweigh the probable costs of the response; does it cost you more to prepare for an incident or respond to the consequences of taking no action, the answer is almost never the latter. The term “catastrophic flooding” is generally used to describe the occurrence of exceptional or rare high magnitude floods, unfortunately “rare” is becoming common. According to the U.S. National Weather Service a general rule-of-thumb for flood forecasting in urban areas is that it takes at least 1 inch (25 mm) of rainfall in an hours time to start significant ponding of water. The weather service routinely issues Flash Flood Guidance and Headwater Guidance, which indicate the general amount of rainfall that would need to fall in a short period of time in order to cause flash flooding or flooding. You shouldn’t wait for government intervention, you should be proactive and provide a framework to address the potentiality or probability of a threat of a devastating flooding incident. You should establish a plan and implement effective measures to protect your home or business and employees during times of emergencies. In your plan you should determine the resources needed to defend against a flooding incident, an also determine the projected benefit. In a recent real world example a local firm had fallen victim to numerous catastrophic flooding incident over the last 30 years; during Hurricane Ike they suffered 5 feet of water in their main office management building, the damage cost them months downtime, hundreds of thousands of dollars in repair bills, and lost revenue; their comprehensive lost can easily be calculated in the millions. Although this was catastrophic damage and couldn’t be totally avoided, much of it could have been mitigated and their downtime greatly diminished, they lacked a plan and resources to implement a plan. Praetorian Disaster Supply provides aqueous solutions to address the effects of flooding on critical infrastructure as well as the lone home or business owner; we offer a variety of measures that mitigate damage, expedite recovery, and strengthen resiliency. Unfortunately the vast majority of our clients contact us either during or after they have fell victim, the time to prepare is NOW! Call us TODAY, ask about our Super Absorbent Flood Barriers, an excellent defense against flooding in basements as a result of thawing snows.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 17:34:08 +0000
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