You must have a plan that has procedures and safety measures in place for employees and visitors if a disaster were to strike without warning. Here are a few steps to consider:

• Make sure all evacuation routes and exits from your facility are all properly marked. 
• Have an area that can serve as a shelter space. When choosing a shelter space, the ideal spot is in a basement or storm cellar in the event of a tornado or high-wind situation, but if there is no basement space available, a small interior room on the lowest level of the building like a closet or interior hallway should be your next choice.
• Consider installing emergency lighting.
• Designate staff volunteers to be “safety wardens” that are properly trained and ready to implement those procedures and safety measures and to guide and assist in all emergency efforts.

How to Protect Assets

• No matter the type of location, there will be decisions that need to be made concerning protecting the assets inside of your business' building, like equipment or merchandise, for example. Everything is at risk when a natural disaster strikes but it only takes a bit of planning to minimize damage.
• Be sure that there is a comprehensive and up-to-date inventory of all items. 
• Whenever possible, have photographs of both structure and contents, taken prior to a disaster as this will be helpful when fling insurance claims.
• If you store assets on a computer server, ensure that the backup system is regularly backing up all data and look into a storage system like a cloud storage system, which cannot be damaged.
• If you are the building owner, you should talk with a contractor concerning suggestions for possible safety upgrades and identify any areas that may need upgrading to withstand certain weather situation.