Emergency readiness forum for local businesses
This is an event tailored to Sapphire Coast businesses to help you prepare for emergency situations and protect your business from disaster.
27 August 2019
Disasters have destroyed or significantly disrupted several businesses in the Bega Valley Shire in the past 18 months. Protect your business and livelihood and make sure you're prepared!
Get Ready Sapphire Coast is a free forum to be held on Wednesday 4 September 2019 from 12.30pm at the Bega Civic Centre.
Aimed at business owners, managers and senior staff, the forum will provide you with the latest tools and useful resources to help your prepare your business for emergencies. You will also have the opportunity to discuss your business preparedness with local, trusted specialists in emergency preparedness.
Topics will include:
- latest forecasts and information for fire/flood/storm/tsunami
- risk transfer to insurance and business interruption insurance cover
- details about the new Crisis Information Hub for the Sapphire Coast
- how to protect your valuable documents
- how to 'work from anywhere'
- learning from others who have experienced disaster
- who and where you can turn to for assistance in an emergency
- preparedness and recovery.
Full program
Participating Businesses/Agencies
- NSW Small Business Commission
- Office of Emergency Management NSW
- Rural Fire Service of NSW
- State Emergency Service NSW
- Fire & Rescue NSW
- Service NSW
- Bega Valley Shire Council
- Sapphire Coast Destination Marketing
- Tathra & Merimbula Chambers of Commerce
- MGA Insurance
- Working from Anywhere
- Small Business Advisor
- Tathra Business Operator
Bookings are essential and can be made at www.trybooking.com/BEHOL
More information about the Get Ready initiative is available at www.emergency.nsw.gov.au/getready
This forum is funded by a Commonwealth and NSW Government grant under the Community Resilience Innovation Program, as part of the Tathra-Sapphire Coast Tourism Resilience Project.
Making an enquiry
All media enquiries and interview requests are coordinated by Council's Communication and Events team under the adopted Communications Policy. To view this policy, visit Public Policies and search 'communications'.
To submit a media enquiry or to request an interview:
- email media@begavalley.nsw.gov.au
- call 02 6499 2222
Councillors
Councillors can be contacted directly for enquiries regarding decisions of the elected Council and non-operational matters. Interviews with the Mayor should be arranged through the Communication and Events team contact details above.
Receiving information
If you’re a journalist or media organisation that would like to receive media releases and notifications about media opportunities, please email your name, title and contact details to media@begavalley.nsw.gov.au and we will add you to our distribution list.
You can also subscribe to Bega Valley Together and Business News, Council's fortnightly e-newsletters, or follow @begavalleyshirecouncil on Facebook and Instagram.
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