Before the Storm: Is Your Business Ready?
Emergency Action Plans aren’t just paperwork — they’re lifelines.
Before the Storm Hits is your field-ready guide to building, updating, and actually using Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) that protect people, save lives, and bring order when everything else is falling apart.
Created during a time of real need — and shaped by the aftermath of a workplace fatality — this guide includes the tools your team actually needs to prepare for:
Severe weather Chemical spills and exposures Fires (electrical, chemical, or organic) Medical emergencies including overdose, amputations, degloving, and burns Active shooter or workplace violence Evacuation and shelter-in-place plans Support for lone workers and subcontractors Post-incident trauma and mental health support
What’s Inside?
- A full sample Emergency Action Plan (EAP) with step-by-step guidance
- Templates you can edit for visitor logs, rally point rosters, and lone worker check-ins
- Supply checklists, inventory tools, and emergency role assignments
- Post-incident investigation and emotional response worksheets
- Resource links for training, ICS, and responder prep
- A no-BS legal disclaimer and human-first tone throughout
Why This Guide Exists
After one of our Broken Compass members experienced a tragic on-site fatality — and discovered that their EAP didn’t cover trauma care or emotional fallout — we knew this couldn’t wait. This book was created fast, with care, and without corporate fluff.
It’s free to anyone who needs it.
If you’d like to donate, we support small rescue agencies, volunteer fire departments, and surviving family funds.
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Stay grounded. Stay human.
No one thinks today will be that day… until it is.
Train your team. Build your plan. And when the storm hits — you’ll be ready.