Strategic Response Partners Advises Businesses to Take Proactive Measures Ahead of the Impending Hurricane Season

In light of inflation, a fluctuating labor market and supply chain shortages, planning ahead can save lives and property

The simple fact is while we can’t prevent disasters like hurricanes from happening, we can take smart, proactive steps to mitigate damage and save lives.”

— Steve Slepcevic

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, June 1, 2022

2021 was the third most active — and third-costliest — hurricane season on record, producing 21 named storms. Last year also had the distinction of having the most hurricanes on record in June, leaving experts to wonder if this will lead to a continuing pattern of early-season hurricanes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) 2022 outlook predicts an above-average hurricane season, with some researchers predicting a tumultuous season on par with 2005, when Hurricane Katrina wreaked its deadly havoc upon New Orleans.

And with an above-average hurricane season likely, Strategic Response Partners (SRP) is advising individuals and businesses alike to prepare now to avoid property damage and loss of life — especially since today’s unpredictable state of affairs will significantly impact disaster response and relief.

SRP warns that inflation, ongoing supply chain issues, material and labor shortages, and the soaring costs of fuel will slow response times in already difficult conditions, including hurricanes. Many local vendors that people would typically turn to in the face of disaster have been acquired, lost key employees, cut back services, or shuttered their doors in response to current economic and global conditions. With this in mind, it is now more critical than ever that businesses and individuals each revisit their disaster response plans, if they do already have one, to help ensure the greatest likelihood of success should disaster ever strike. If not, now is the time to create and implement a well thought out and effective plan.

An effective disaster response starts with reviewing insurance policies. Unbeknownst to many customers, various insurers have recently made policy changes that may impact the actual amount the insurance companies will cover. Changes include higher windstorm deductibles, limitations on coverage, and new exclusions and/or extensions. While insurance reviews are a critical first step in disaster planning, and insuring against loss is smart, working to prevent loss from ever happening or minimizing such loss prior to the occurrence of any catastrophic event is unquestionably smarter.

While June 1 is the official start of the hurricane season, the first hurricane of 2022, Hurricane Agatha, has already made landfall in Mexico. And with trends over the past few years indicating the occurrence of more devastating storms earlier in the season, the time to either create or revisit those plans to help proactively save lives and property is now.

“The simple fact is while we can’t prevent disasters like hurricanes from happening, we can take smart, proactive steps to mitigate damage and potentially save lives,” Steve Slepcevic, CEO of Strategic Response Partners. “Preventing further devastation on the heels of a natural disaster is in our control and a responsibility that should be taken seriously.”

Guided by its mission to help people and businesses mitigate damage in the face of natural disasters, SRP offers a highly-trained team that can help clients establish or update a well-vetted disaster plan that can be designed and implemented for various scenarios. SRP boasts a robust internationally acclaimed network of engineers, environmental consultants, project managers, insurance consultants, and skilled emergency response vendors who operate both across the United States as well as across all other continents and are all poised for immediate pre- and post-disaster response. Armed with decades of experience and expertise, SRP’s elite team of response professionals ensures clients are set up for success should a large-scale storm or disaster ever occur.

SRP’s response team is able to help clients be more responsive and resilient in the face of disaster — whether before, during, or after. The firm offers pre-planning services such as comprehensive property inspections insurance audits, and the implementation of disaster-specific prevention plans. During disasters, SRP also offers real-time on-ground support, including paramedics, life-saving equipment, as well as asset protection and recovery. Moreover, throughout all phases of a disaster, SRP’s team can provide highly trained armed or unarmed security professionals to assist in preventing further loss, whether from looting, or injuries from people entering unsafe buildings. SRP can also deploy highly-trained structural engineers to help assess a building’s immediate hazards and expedite both pre-storm preparedness as well as post-storm restoration.

“EMS and law enforcement are already overwhelmed due to understaffing. These issues are only compounded during a disaster,” said Slepcevic. “When response time is delayed, for whatever reason, additional injury, confusion, and property losses are imminent. We seek to mitigate these effects with smart pre-disaster planning and on-ground solutions that assist you in protecting lives and property, alike.”

To learn more about Strategic Response Partners, please visit https://srp24.com/.

About Strategic Response Partners
Strategic Response Partners is a company dedicated to helping organizations respond quickly, efficiently, and appropriately to rapidly changing disaster-related situations that may impact an organization’s employees, business operations, and facilities. The SRP Disaster Response Team is ready and well-equipped to help support its clients in preparing for all types of disasters worldwide. Whether it is before any disaster or immediately following, Strategic Response Partners is the most reliable source for getting back on the road to recovery in the shortest amount of time possible.

Steve Slepcevic
Strategic Response Partners
+1 888–582–5848
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Steve Slepcevic — Disaster Response Coordinator

Steve Slepcevic’s career began in 1989 right upon completing courses in Architecture Design and Structural Engineering. Shortly thereafter, not only did he unveil his first contracting firm Paramount Disaster Recovery, Inc., specializing in disaster recovery, but he grew this firm into one of the largest disaster recovery general contractors in the United States. While spearheading his firm, Steve Slepcevic has led both a team of 60+ employees and a large workforce of subcontractors to handle various types of construction work performed within “wide-area” disaster zones. To date, Steve Slepcevic has restored more than 7,500 properties and has professionally assisted his clients as a construction expert on over 14,000 storms, fire, flood, and earthquake-related projects. He has completed projects for major hotels and restaurants, office buildings, commercial developments, apartment buildings, community associations, and residential property owners. Relevant experiences include Hurricanes Andrew, Allison, Erin, Opel, Ivan, Charley, Katrina, Wilma, Gustav, Ike, Irene, Sandy, Matthew, Harvey, Irma, Maria, Florence, Michael, Dorian, Laura, Sally, among others both locally, nationally and internationally.

Steve Slepcevic has, moreover, handled thousands of earthquake, hail, tornado, wildfire, and storm-related projects as a consultant for restoration companies, public adjusting firms, and attorneys both in the United States and Internationally. Steve Slepcevic has been routinely retained as a disaster response consultant to oversee the mitigation companies, engineers, certified industrial hygienists, roofing contractors, forensic experts, adjusters, and attorneys, including being personally qualified and serving as an expert witness on cases pertaining to disaster planning, disaster response procedures, construction best practices, installation procedures, identifying physical storm, earthquake, and other types of failure analysis, including among others, code compliance matters. Steve Slepcevic also has a significant amount of international experience, including commercial projects in Puerto Rico, Antigua, Canada, France, Serbia, New Zealand, Costa Rica, and Chile.

Since the inception, Steve Slepcevic has created, lived by, and managed holistic business operations with the objective to provide a top tier and premiere concierge disaster management service to clients in the industry. As a result, his level of communication and success on risk management, disaster preparedness, disaster response, disaster recovery, construction forensics, and providing outstanding results is unsurpassed in the industry. It is this steadfast belief and continual desire to facilitate a top-tier experience and process on behalf of property owners that ensures Steve Slepcevic will continue its exponential rise to the very top of the industry as the leading expert in the Disaster Management industry.

Steve Slepcevic lives with his family in sunny Southern California, where he spends most of his time when he is not saving communities caught in a disaster. He enjoys surfing, making music, and traveling with his family.

 

Strategic Response Partners Readies for Earthquake Responses and Offers Tips to Public for Staying Safe and Protecting Property

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18, 2020 — With its decades of experience, Strategic Response Partners (SRP) lives and breathes planning for and rapid response to all sorts of catastrophic natural disasters. In fact, the Los Angeles-based firm has a well-earned reputation as a leader in the field. In line with its position as an innovator and the nationwide “go-to” disaster preparedness and response firm, SRP continues to lead the path forward in preparing for and responding to all earthquake-related issues. With the number of earthquakes occurring and predictions of more continually on the rise, SRP has made it a top priority to help the general public, commercial building owners, schools, hospitals, and critical infrastructure become well-prepared for the so-called “Big One.”

SRP has become a company that thousands of clients worldwide depend on. It even has a technical rescue team that is activated when individuals may be trapped in compromised structures or by fallen debris.

SRP’s Managing Partner Steve Slepcevic points to various recent seismic events and scientific findings to emphasize the importance of preparedness:

• A 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck North Carolina last week — the largest quake to hit the state since 1916, according to the National Weather Service.
• The Salt Lake Valley of Utah experienced a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in March.
• The U.S. Geological Survey last week noted a swarm of minor earthquakes near California’s Salton Sea that raises concern about the potential for a larger temblor at the San Andreas Fault. Such a swarm is atypical for this particular part of the state.
• Geologists predict a chance of a magnitude 9-plus earthquake hitting Oregon and Washington in the next 50 years and a nearly 40 percent chance of a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake hitting Southern Oregon and/or Northern California.
• This month, scientists for the first time confirmed the existence of extremely powerful “boomerang” earthquakes, opening the possibility of even more devastating types of seismic events.

Taking into account his decades of experience, Slepcevic also recommends: “By taking some simple steps in advance of an earthquake or other natural disaster, people can help save lives and prevent injury, all while decreasing the extent of damage to their homes, businesses, property, and personal possessions, as it is also very important to arm oneself with basic knowledge about what causes earthquakes and, in turn, the hazards that can occur.”

Earthquakes occur when rocks underground break along a fault line, resulting in seismic waves that cause the ground to shake. This shaking can last for a few seconds or up to several minutes and can vary in the degree of strength. For Californians, earthquakes are a common occurrence, and Los Angeles is especially susceptible due to its proximity to multiple faults, including the San Andreas Fault, where two tectonic plates come together. This geological phenomenon sits within 35 miles of Los Angeles, subjecting the city to more frequent and stronger quakes than other cities.

Slepcevic further cautions that when an earthquake strikes, landslides, mudslides, and avalanches can occur and structures, whether large or small, can sustain extensive damage. Likewise, saturated soil can cause buildings to sink. Ground displacement and shifting, flooding, and fires also commonly occur as a result of nearby seismic activity.

As a result of the ever-increasing concern of future seismic activity, Slepcevic and his critical response team at SRP recommend a few basic actions that all home and business owners can take to help protect people and property. Specifically:

1. Secure bookshelves and dressers to walls.
2. 2. Apply an adhesive, such as museum putty, to objects on tables.
3. Install clips and clasps on cabinet doors to prevent glasses and plates from sliding out and breaking on floors.
4. Hire a plumber to install earthquake-safety shut-off valves that will quickly turn off the gas supply in the event of a quake
5. Develop a communication and evacuation plan with employees or loved ones.

There are additional preparedness tools such as mobile apps available for iPhones and Androids that can provide statewide earthquake early-warning alerts. Additionally, Oct. 15 is designated as International Shakeout Day, where people around the world are encouraged to practice their earthquake communication and evacuation plan from each applicable location.

While basic earthquake-preparation steps are always recommended for individual homeowners, commercial building owners, municipalities, schools, hospitals, daycare centers, nursing homes, and all other critical infrastructure, each should have a well-vetted emergency disaster preparedness plan in place prior to any catastrophic natural disaster, including an earthquake. Having the right plan in place, created by those in the know, can make all of the difference to a business’ ability to survive and recover from a natural disaster. According to Slepcevic, SRP can provide each of these entities with a detailed review of their disaster preparedness plan by its world-renowned team of disaster planners and structural engineers to help ensure their current strategy is comprehensive and effective. SRP even assists businesses in designing and implementing a custom disaster preparedness plan.

“Even if disaster strikes and you don’t have any policies, procedures or plans in place, rest assured, it’s not too late for us to deploy the necessary assistance. We also advise the public to immediately call us following a quake so our engineers and technicians can review the structural integrity of their home or business and perform necessary emergency work to avoid collapse, injury or even death,” stressed Slepcevic. “Our emergency service crews also stand ready to check for and stop gas leaks that can cause fires and explosions, and to correct water damage from burst pipes and other sources.”

SRP has become a company that thousands of clients worldwide depend on. It even has a technical rescue team that is activated when individuals may be trapped in compromised structures or by fallen debris. “Anyone familiar with California’s history with earthquakes knows the incredible damage that can be done to property and the number of lives that can be lost when a major one strikes. As these incidents are becoming more prevalent and frequent, we all need to be vigilant in planning and preparing,” added Slepcevic.

SRP’s rapid response team of experts specializes in disaster preparedness, response, and property restoration management resulting from earthquakes, fires, water, wind, hail, hurricanes, explosions and other event-driven disasters, providing complete disaster project management for residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, municipal, and historic properties.

For more information, go to srp24.com or call (888) 582–5848.

Media Contact: Steve Slepcevic, (888) 582–5848 or response@srp24.com

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Strategic Response Partners technical rescue team on site in the aftermath of an earthquake
SRP has become a company that thousands of clients worldwide depend on. It even has a technical rescue team that is activated when individuals may be trapped in compromised structures or by fallen debris.

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SRP’s engineers and technicians review structural integrity of buildings and homes following earthquakes
SRP advises the public to call them immediately following a quake so its team can check their home or business’ structural integrity and perform necessary emergency work to avoid collapse, injury or even death.

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SRP offers preparedness tips for protecting lives and property in case of an earthquake
With the number of earthquakes occurring and predictions of more continually on the rise, SRP has made it a top priority to help the general public, commercial building owners, schools, hospitals, and critical infrastructure become well-prepared for the so-called ‘Big One.”’

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Steve Slepcevic Says 40% of Businesses Could Fold and Be Liable for Loss of Lives Without Tornado Disaster Teams in

Dallas, TX— 26/11/2019 — Though federal labor laws generally require all employers to have an emergency action plan that organizes activity during workplace emergencies, one disaster management company says too often, most employers don’t even have any plan whatsoever, and for the ones that do, at best, their plans are meager, outdated, and/or ineffective. Exemplifying this point, often times large residential buildings have numerous tenants who errantly believe they are safe before and after a storm due to the building owner’s perceived aptitude for maintaining adequate safety guidelines. Unfortunately, all too often this is not the case. Culpable large commercial asset owners in Tornado Alley — namely South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Northern Texas, and Eastern Colorado generally have more on their shoulders than managing bottom lines. Due to a large number of natural disasters their building assets incur, such asset managers also have to try to manage blame in an effort to deal with the devastating financial burden natural disasters can cause to these properties.

In addition to the financial consequences a building owner or manager must face after a natural disaster occurs for which they were caught off guard, such parties are also often left to deal with the resulting damage to their reputation when injuries to employees, residents, or customers of their building occur while on-site due to the building’s failure to adequately prepare. With an inability to bargain with an average of 1,253 tornadoes that occur annually in the US, large-scale companies with everything to lose should employ professional consultants who can fully assist with planning prior to any major disaster A stand-out in an industry of what is typically composed of oversimplified disaster planners, after over thirty (30) years of experience, Strategic Response Partners (SRP) continues to raise the bar. They have all the technological bells and whistles to mitigate the resulting damage from the worst storm while helping to keep those affected calm. Call it the real-time “boots on the ground” approach to storm negotiation.

Steve Selleck Slepcevic, Managing Partner of SRP 24 states, “Just recently a tornado blew the roof of a shopping center in Mississippi. People were walking around exposed wires and under what remained of the roof which was about to collapse on a large group of people attempting to salvage what they could and empty their store. If only a team had been in place to educate beforehand and coordinate during and after a storm, the potential for havoc would have been significantly minimized. Even though there’s little chance you’ll be able to eliminate all damage resulting from being hit by a tornado, there certainly are measures you can implement today to minimize damage to your property, reduce disruption to your business, and help save the lives of your employees and patrons.”

SRP 24 is a comprehensive disaster management company covering everything a business might need when dealing with a natural disaster. From writing the most compressive disaster management plans in the world, to responding ahead of time to prepare clients the day before and the day of an impending natural disaster, SRP is not only at the forefront of its industry, but is developing and integrating cutting edge technology to ensure it is an invaluable and unique resource for all of its clientele. Responding immediately to save lives and property, SRP keeps their clients’ businesses operating and recovering quicker with a new unmatched industry standard.

HAVE AN EMERGENCY PLAN
For each client, SRP first creates and puts a customized technology-based disaster prevention plan into play. This plan generally starts with integrating the use of a highly-sensitive weather radar that can secure all applicable geo points on a predictive early warning severe weather tracking platform. The ability to notify clients that they’re in the path of a severe weather outbreak coupled with SRP’s ability to respond immediately to their clients’ threatened site(s) is essential.

“Our plans work because we cover everything from planning for a storm to responding during it with the best response time possible. We work with major businesses to develop comprehensive preparation plans for all types of emergencies. Then, we can be confident because we’ve already created comprehensive and customized disaster plans and educated our clients where their potential fail points exist. Monitoring property locations and linking arms with our Critical Response Team to prepare people and secure buildings before any disaster hits are key,” Slepcevic adds.

HAVE AN INTERNAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT TEAM
All to often, during a severe weather event, local fire departments are simply unable to respond to most calls for help, and even if they could, it may be too late. It is critical to the recovery efforts that an internal disaster management team mobilizes in the storm zone ahead of these supercell tornadoes and hurricane zones days before an event actually strikes. Then when appropriate, SRP’s highly-trained Critical Response Team can move in-and-around storms while its Disaster Management Team works alongside the internal team to inspect properties for hazards such as structural collapse, electrical, gas leaks, exposure to hazardous materials, and assist in immediate mitigation efforts to limit or avoid the potential for loss of life and further property damage.

After a storm, Strategic Response Partners uses specialty drones equipped with thermal cameras, speakers, and lights to help locate people who have been displaced and/or trapped by the storm, and then provide critical rescue services, as needed. SRP’s convoy generally also includes a team of highly-trained firefighters and paramedics as well as life and safety support for some of America’s top meteorologists.

SRP First Responders include:

Urban Search and Rescue
Firefighters and Paramedics
Hazmat Environmental Consultants
Structural and Roofing Engineers
Electricians and Disaster Response Coordinator
Tornado Critical Response Chase Team

Taking their reputations into their own hands, building owners all too often look past the need to have pros who know how to secure their buildings and forensically document the damage, generally because they don’t recognize the need for such services or they are just trying to save a buck. Details like controlled access and waivers from the tenants and employees who enter the premises can help to contain serious liability.

GET BACK ON TRACK QUICKLY
With recovery plans specifically tailored to their clients’ businesses, SRP focuses on facets such as life, safety, and all other liabilities. Leaving nothing to chance, SRP engages its cutting edge drone team to complete a full survey and property conditions report before and after a storm, all in an effort to mitigate any loss, help ensure quick insurance settlements, and to reopen its clients’ businesses ASAP. Loss consultants are also available to help clients manage and navigate disaster insurance claims.

For more information about Strategic Response Partners contact them at (888) 582–5848 or response@srp24.com.

About Strategic Response Partners
Strategic Response Partners has been in the disaster planning to response and recovery industry for the past 30 years. The company’s Managing Partner, Steve Selleck Slepcevic is also a founding member and board advisor for the American Policyholders Association a consumer watchdog group that fights against Insurance fraud — American Policyholders Association at https://apassociation.org/.

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IS YOUR BUSINESS READY TO SAFELY REOPEN?

Strategic Response Partners (SRP) stands ready to assist clients nationally to prepare to safely reopen and stay open from Compliance Planning, Decontamination, Sanitization, and Environmental Remediation Protocols following the COVID-19 Federal, State and Local guidelines.

With decades of experience in routine biological and environmental remediation, SRP is well-equipped to handle critical situations like this. Our team analyzes and establishes procedures from the guests’ registrations, employee and tenant arrival procedures, pass through touch points, ThermoGate clearance barriers, capacity compliance, workstation partitions, disinfecting extended kill rates, sanitization protocols, ventilation retrofits to prevent cross-contamination, hazmat vendor selection and monitoring of remediation protocols.

Through the use of the latest advanced disinfectant equipment, as well as CDC / EPA approved cleaning solutions, SRP along with its Certified Environmental Infection Control Experts can effectively oversee and monitor the cleaning and sanitization of your property, as well as provide you with a safe-to-reoccupy clearance certificate which can bring your facility to a hospital-grade clean room condition.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A BUILDING OPERATOR
To help contain the spread COVID-19 and to safely and promptly re-open businesses, owners and operators of commercial buildings have the responsibility to take appropriate sanitization measures, if your building has been contaminated. The SRP COVID-19 Response Team has developed three levels of service.

LEVEL ONE: PRECAUTIONARY

Level one protection is for businesses with no known contamination seeking to maintain safe and sanitary environments for customers and employees. Daily or twice-daily disinfection is conducted by SRP’s team of trained and experienced biohazard cleanup technicians, using EPA-registered chlorine or peroxide-based cleaners and proper disposal of waste. Treatments can be performed during off-hours to avoid business interruption.

LEVEL TWO: POSSIBLE EXPOSURE

Businesses or public spaces with suspected exposure (an infected person inside the building) require detailed 10-foot down disinfection and deep-clean decontamination performed by SRP’s team of EHS (environment, health and safety)-certified biohazard cleanup technicians specially qualified for respiratory cleanup.

LEVEL THREE: CONFIRMED EXPOSURE

Businesses or public spaces with confirmed exposure to COVID-19 require customized protocols specific to the site to ensure thorough and proper decontamination. SRP will work closely with our client team to develop a custom plan that protects the health of their employees, customers and communities and mitigates impact to the operations of the enterprise.

All levels employ the following methods and technologies as appropriate:

• Ultraviolet (UV) light disinfection
• Decontamination team health monitoring
• Proper disposal of waste marked as biohazard
• Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (VHP) mist fogger
• EPA-registered chlorine or peroxide-based cleaners
• Complete spray down / wipe down of all touch-prone surfaces
• Monitoring of personal protection equipment (PPE), including respiratory protection

CLEANING AGENTS
SRP’s crews use EPA-registered chlorine or peroxide-based cleaners known to be highly effective against the COVID-19 virus. These products are designed for disinfection of hard, nonporous surfaces and do not leave corrosive residues. They are fragrance and dye-free.

ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT DISINFECTION
SRP is fully equipped to offer state-of-the-art surface disinfection using UV Mobile Room Sanitizers as an added-value alternative to achieve surface sanitation and sterilization. The UV Room Sanitizer unit is specifically designed for the disinfection of bacteria, viruses, and fungi (mold) on exposed surfaces. The application of UV-C energy to deactivate microorganisms is known as Germicidal Irradiation or UVGI. Artificial UV-C energy is produced in germicidal ultraviolet lamps that produce UV radiation by ionizing low-pressure mercury vapor. These lamps are similar to typical fluorescent household lighting fixtures but do not have the phosphorescent coating which imparts the soft white light. Ionized mercury emits a predominantly discreet wavelength of 254nm in the UV-C band, which is an ideal wavelength for destroying the DNA of single-celled organisms.

VAPORIZED HYDROGEN PEROXIDE MIST FOGGERS
SRP’s certified technicians use hydrogen peroxide mist foggers to disperse sanitizing chemicals and disinfect surfaces. Mist foggers use electrostatic spraying to ensure large areas and hard-to-reach corners are coated with disinfectant. This method is ideal for hidden surfaces and high-touch point areas such as railings, door handles, water fountains, lockers and other furniture and fixtures found in high-traffic common areas.

BIOHAZARD WASTE DISPOSAL
SRP’s certified technicians are trained in the appropriate disposal of biohazard waste. Waste is handled by certified personnel and sent to state-approved facilities to be thermally destroyed in accordance with local and state regulations.

One call to 888–582–5848 will put you in touch with an expert from SRP who works with a Certified Industrial Hygienist and coordinates closely with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to ensure that all CDC and Department of Public Health guidelines are followed.

For more information contact Steve Slepcevic: response@srp24.com