Foundations of Real Estate Management

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Foundations of Real Estate Management

Module 2 The Well-Versed Real Estate
Manager Emergency Preparedness
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Objectives

• List at least ten natural and man-made
  emergencies that are probable, ten that are
  possible, and ten that are unlikely to occur in
  your building
• Describe the steps to create a comprehensive plan
  for your building
• List at least ten steps to prepare for a building
  evacuation
• Describe three methods of communicating the
  emergency plan to the buildings tenants

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Emergency Planning

• Planning
• Implementation
• Disaster recovery

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Planning

• Involve constituents
• Tenants
• Vendors
• Consultants
• Property management
• Government entities
• Proactive v. reactive
• Building-specific plans

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Planning for Emergencies

• Threat assessment
• Natural emergencies
• Man-made emergencies
• Threat levels
• Probable
• Possible
• Unlikely

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Putting it into Practice

• Work with your instructor to complete
• the exercise in your workbook

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Plan considerations

• Communications plan
• Sheltering in place
• Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
• Information and procedures
• Contact information
• Contingency planning

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When making your plan

• Be specific
• Consider all options
• Determine failure point and overcome
• The simple solution may be the best solution-
  Keep it simple

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Plan Implementation

• Educate
• Practice test
• Evacuation drills
• Review refine based upon drill
• Practice again
• Repeat regularly

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Disaster Recovery

• Best practices for evacuations

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Disaster Recovery

• Best practices for managing disaster
• recovery

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Communicating the Plan

• Tenants, employees, vendors, etc.
• Communications methods
• Paper, posters, etc.
• Web
• Media inquiries