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M. MILLER & SON
LICENSED PUBLIC INSURANCE ADJUSTERS
SINCE 1960
1211 Liberty Ave, Hillside, NJ 07205
877MMiller (877-664-5537)
TOTAL SUPPORT
AFTER A PROPERTY LOSS
n 24/7 Emergency Services
n Policy Analysis
n Property Damage Assessment
n Comprehensive Claim Preparation
n Negotiate Loss and Values
n Negotiate Maximum Settlement
n Facilitate Prompt Reimbursement
n Third-generation, Family-owned
FIRE | SMOKE | WATER | WINDSTORM | COLLAPSE | BUSINESS INTERRUPTION
MULTI-FAMILY, COMMERCIAL, HOSPITALITY, INDUSTRIAL, AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
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munity can better understand its risk
exposure and design an emergency
plan to help mitigate the risk or avoid
it in entirety.
Once a community has identified
its most plausible risks, the commu-
nity must look at its infrastructure
and determine what it can address
ahead of various emergencies, what
it can do during an emergency and
what protocols it will follow after an
event occurs. A community should
also work with municipal and county
Emergency Management personnel
to further identify risks associated with
the region. It is important to under-
stand how local government plans for
emergencies and how the community
fits in to that overall plan.
When creating plans to reduce
risk and manage emergencies, it is
important to keep in mind that edu-
cation and communication are often
two tasks that are vital and also the
most susceptible to failure. In order
for any plan to be successful, it must
follow the “K.I.S.S” principle – Keep
it Simple Stupid. People faced with
an emergency such as a forest fire or
hurricane will be anxious and will not
have the capacity to follow a 30-page
preparedness guide. Creating an
easy-to-follow plan, training residents
on the procedures and implementing
the plan during an actual emergency
are critical components to reducing
risk and successfully navigating an
emergency. Taking practical mea-
sures ahead of an event, like having
hurricane shutters installed, is one
EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS...
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