You have 10 minutes to evacuate your home – what do you take?

A well-organized home office can be very helpful if this should ever happen to you. A home office doesn’t necessarily need to be a dedicated room.  On the contrary, a home office can be carved out of a corner of the kitchen or family room, or it can be a room that does double duty as home office and guest bedroom.  Closet Tailors can design a space that will allow you to pull together all those important, must have papers in a snap

• Create a Grab and Go Kit. See our blog post about what goes into a Grab and Go Kit.
  
• Have a charging station in your home office so cell phones, headsets and other communication devices have a full battery.
• Add a charging station for rechargeable batteries.
• Include an emergency flashlight that illuminates when power is cut. This will help you find your way and your evacuation kit. 
• Back up your computer files. House back-up copies offsite or online. 
• Keep scans of important papers on a flash drive that can fit into your pocket. 
• Keep a copy of your home’s emergency plan in your home office. Include contact numbers, meeting locations, communications plans, etc. 
• Dedicate one spot for communication. Post notes for family members here in the event electronics fail or aren’t available.  If everyone knows to look in that spot, you can let family members know where you are and how to find you. Include intended travel routes on all communications.