Not that you want to have to be a superhero one day,
but really, read, then file this for possible reference (preferably somewhere where fire, flood, or tornado won’t get it!)
FEMA: Emergency Management Guide for Business & Industry.
Make your retail space safer to avoid problems in day-to-day operations.
And Safety in Robbery Situations.
Superhero graphic from wikipedia
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 
Debbie, my sincerest sympathies to you – I can’t even imagine the magnitude of your loss. I’m so amazed that you were able to keep yourself together enough to get everyone out, grab your bag and cash, and still get your car out of the way. You are an amazingly strong and brave woman! I have no doubt that you will survive and thrive and I’ll be looking forward to reading about how well you’ll be doing.
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Debbie, my sincere, heartfelt sympathies for the loss of your store. I can truly understand the need to have an emergency plan in place. Thanks Kate for the tips, and Debbie, you hang in there. I can’t say I know how you feel, because I don’t, but my prayers are with you.
diane
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Debbie, Our heartfelt sympathies! (And that’s amazing. I would NEVER have thought about moving my car away!) And thank goodness you were able to get your files off the computer, as well. We’ll be watching for your rebuilding over on Sharing. Do let us know how it goes.
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Thanks Kate for this information. I just lost my store due to an electrical fire. department thought it was an electrical fire. I had two customers in the store. One was in the kids department and one was shopping in the shoes. I’d walked back to the processing room and then back out front. When I came back out front there was smoke coming from the mens department and I walked in there and the entire wall was flaming. I shouted for the customers to get out and then ran and got my purse from behind the counter and the cash drawer (all this took place in less than 3 minutes). I started out the front door and slid on the ice and totally wiped out which turned out to be a blessing because when I fell the windows blew out. Then I got back up and ran around to move my car. I crawled in the passengers side and over to the drivers seat and started it and pulled it far away from the building. As I pulled out, the power line fell- a second later and it would have hit my car. The fire department arrived about 4 minutes later and the entire place was totally engulfed. It basically went up like a tender box. They said they’d never seen a fire burn any quicker. Every window blew out and even when they’d gotten the fire put out in the house the attic was still burning and they cut holes in the roof to shoot water in there. Throughout it all I was just so thankful that my customers and I got out safely. We were unbelieveably lucky that there were so few customers in the store at the time and afterwards that we were able to get my files off the hard drive. I encourage everyone to make a disaster plan- it could save your customers and your life!
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