MU Extension Sets Seminars for May in SE Missouri About
Small Business Emergency Preparedness
Jackson, Mo. — A series of one-day seminars on Small Business Emergency Preparedness will be offered to Southeast Missouri business owners and managers in mid-May, according to Richard Proffer, University of Missouri Extension business development specialist based in Jackson.
The one-day classes run from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and are set for:
- May 19, at MU's Cape Girardeau County Extension Center, Jackson;
- May 20, at the Southeast Missouri Higher Education Center, Sikeston;
- May 21, at the MU Delta Center in Portageville.
Every business should have an emergency plan...
it can save assets, lives, your entire business!
Among the benefits of the seminar, according to Proffer, attendees will learn about: creating a disaster response plan; ways to reduce potential damage to their facilities; the natural and technological hazards their businesses could face; preparing employees and clients for disaster; means of communicating with employees and clients following a disaster; and first aid and CPR.
The seminar, which costs $50 per attendee, is presented in conjunction with the Institute for Rural Emergency Management at the University of Central Missouri, the Southeast Missouri chapter of the American Red Cross, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
For more information and to register call the Jackson County Extension Center at 573-243-3581. Requests for special accommodations will be considered if made two weeks in advance.
This story was featured in the May 2008 newsletter
