It is not unusual to wonder whether your planned recovery site(s) is/are in fact going to meet your needs at time of recovery. While there is no way to ensure a given site will be accessible at time of need, Agility has a number of resources available to help give you peace of mind that the site(s) you have selected will be suitable for recovering your business.
The first step is to consult your Subscriber Manual or Agility contact regarding site size, location, and accessibility. Once these items have been checked off, you can use Google Earth to allow Agility to remotely view your proposed site. The basic version of this tool can be downloaded for free at http://earth.google.com/. Once you have viewed the proposed site to confirm that the picture is accurate for the current site, simply e-mail a request to clientservices@agilityrecovery.com with the address(es) in question. We can then confirm most site requirements based on this satellite photo.
If you are still unsure of site suitability or require a written validation of your site(s) for auditors or stakeholders we can arrange a physical site survey for you. This service would incur a cost to have an Agility employee visit the site(s) in question to confirm accessibility for mobile office space, generator, and delivery trucks, as well as visibility for satellite communications. To request a site survey or request additional information please send your request to clientservices@agilityrecovery.com.
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We recently joined the Agility family and are struggling with how to approach our neighbors or businesses when trying to locate our recovery site. Has anyone developed a letter of introduction or explanation of the concept that you have found useful? Or, even an agreement that you have put in place? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank You
Nothing in writing but we have made a few calls to the municipality we are in and a real estate firm. The municipality told us we can not use public buildings/land. The real estate firm had a storage office facility but wanted too much money. I’m planning on calling a few local churches next.
Looks like you’re an insurance agency. If you have any longstanding relationships with any commercial clients or even your vendors, perhaps one of them has parking lot space they can spare for a mobile unit or two.
We have not come up with an agreement per se’. Your post is pretty old so I’m hoping that you may ahve already gotten something put together.
We are located in the middle of a major metropolitan city so there are no parking lots to use. We contacted several of our larger and long-term clients and have just concluded an agreement with one of them to use part of their parking lot. We modified a Lease of Premises agreement to memorialize what started with a handshake.