R.E.D.E.E FEST: An Emergency Preparedness Festival for Small Biz

The first annual safety and emergency preparedness festival designed to help you take care of your business when sh*t hits the fan.

R.E.D.E.E (Real Emergency and Disaster Expertise and Equipment ) Fest: Red Hook's First Annual Business Preparedness Festival

Red Hook businesses know what it means to be hit hard and rebuild anyway. R.E.D.E.E Fest is built on that same energy: real expertise, real equipment, real talk: three evenings of support for the helpful-but-annoying preparedness tasks you keep putting off, done together, at a brewery, on the water, with your neighbors.

We've brought in fire safety experts, flood specialists, and insurance brokers , and advisors so you don't have to figure it out alone. We’ll get you prepped with some homework, then bring your laptop, bring your policy documents, bring your complaints, to-do's, and questions. We'll walk you through biz preparedness tasks, and give you a digital takehome workbook so you can keep going

Much of the content will apply to all our Red Hook “Biz”: Businesses, Nonprofits, Artists, Freelancers, Home-Based Biz.You’ll get access to all resources as takeaways and we can continue regular meet-ups to continue the homework!

Partners:

NY FireSafe

The City Sponge

NYC Small Business Services

NY Small Business Development Center / PACE

Fifth Ave Committee / Neighbors Helping Neighbors

The Great Agency

Hosted at Strong Rope Brewery

Day 1 - Sunday, May 31: Know Your Plan

Business continuity, city resources, and a community roundtable. And a generator start-up at noon, neighborhood wide!

Day 2 - Monday, June 1: Know Your Risk

Fire safety with NY Fire Consultants, flood prep with CitySponge.

Day 3 -- Tuesday , June 2: Know Your Coverage

A one-on-one insurance and legal clinic. Bring your policy documents if you have them. And complete the insurance health-check survey.

Homework / pre-work #1:

Insurance health-check survey. This survey will give our workshop leaders a clearer picture of where you're at, where you want to be, and how they can help. It will also provide critical information on record about the reality of how insurance works here in Red Hook.

Homework / prework #2:

You are welcome to start up your generator at the official time: noon on Sunday May 31! But if that time is not convenient or you need help to move it/ do it safely, this info sheet will support you in making sure you are able to test your generator at a time that is convenient to you, sometime this month!

Info: An informal, lightly facilitated community brainstorm where Red Hook Small Biz share what they've been through -- floods, fires, and everything in between -- over drinks, post-its, and good company.

Info: We will be sharing a notebook with info, resources, and worksheets to reference and fill out throughout the festival. Get acquainted with these resources and make a your festival gameplan. We will also use this time to get you started on your business continuity and emergency plan. Find the gaps, and start filling them in on Day 2 and Day 3.

Info: Our resource 'sock drawer' (table) will be packed with resources, giveaways, surveys to get you started on future workshops/events, and more!

Info: Ahead of Sunday, everyone will get a generator pro-tips and tricks handout. If you already have a generator, take this month to dust it off and, safely, start it up at noon. If you need help troubleshooting or need something fixed, the guide will help, and we will facilitate access via a new community-wide whatsapp for emergencies, with a channel for generator support -! We’ll make this an annual event to make sure all the generators in Red hook are rrrrrrready to go!

Info: Small businesses are on the frontlines of flooding. Let’s talk about ways to minimize damage and be ready. Also compare notes on what others have done. What are different techniques to deal with water? Insurance. Landlord. Street. See a sneak-peek of a new flooding help tool called “FloodLine” built for NYC small businesses.

Info: Fire preparedness consultants FireSafe NY will be onsite to answer questions. We’ll have a short talk about all the things that are the most common issues leading to fires or making them harder to suppress, with an added focus on woodshops because insurance rates are rising for this important type of Red Hook business.

Info: Our resource 'sock drawer' (table) will be packed with resources, giveaways, surveys to get you started on future workshops/events, and more!

Info: This optional hands on fire extinguisher simulator opportunity can be used by you or your staff to gain knowledge about how to use a fire extinguisher. Note: We are still determining total time commitment for this activity to help you and your team plan your evening. Check back for details.

Info: Bring your policy documents and sit down one-on-one with vetted brokers and legal advisors to review your coverage, identify gaps, and get plain-language answers to your questions.

Info: Wrap up the event with an informal chat and share out. We will be welcoming electeds and stakeholders to learn more about what emergency prep looks like for the small biz community in Red Hook.

Info: Our resource 'sock drawer' (table) will be packed with resources, giveaways, surveys to get you started on future workshops/events, and more!

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