Hurricane Preparedness Ideas for Fleet Operators
With Hurricane Ian anticipated to make landfall in Florida, fleet operators are inspired to take steps now to brace for the storm’s impression.
Penske has ideas and assets obtainable to assist truck fleet operators put together for a hurricane and steering on the place to go within the occasion you want help after the storm.
Hurricane Ian made landfall in Cuba early Tuesday morning as a Class 3 storm. Ian is predicted to strengthen to a Class 4 hurricane and strike Tampa as early as late Wednesday or early Thursday.
Hurricanes, which kind over the water and transfer inland, could trigger excessive winds, heavy rainfall, storm surges, rip currents, tornadoes, and flooding.
Authorities encourage residents and enterprise homeowners to take steps now to organize within the occasion storms like Ian impression your space.
Hurricane Preparation
The Division of Homeland Safety, by means of its Prepared nationwide public service marketing campaign, has assembled some hurricane preparedness ideas for each stage of the storm. It consists of evacuation ideas, what to incorporate in a catastrophe provide equipment and tips on how to create a household communication plan.
Ideas for Penske Shoppers and Enterprise Clients
Penske presents the next recommendation to shoppers and enterprise clients on what to do earlier than a storm arrives:
- Make security your primary precedence.
- High off truck gasoline tanks.
- Transfer vans to larger floor if in a flood-prone space.
- Keep tuned to native information stations for climate studies.
- Adhere to all journey, highway advisories and restrictions.
- Delay journey into impacted areas when attainable.
- Know your evacuation routes and have a plan.
- Seal and lock all gasoline tank tops.
- Safe out of doors gadgets and clear particles that might grow to be a projectile
- Cost all cell phone battery packs and guarantee you will have charging cables.
- Put cell units on low-power mode to preserve battery.
- Guarantee you will have worker contact data and a post-storm follow-up plan to confirm the standing of every worker.
- Necessary: For those who suspect your car could have been flooded don’t begin the car. Beginning the car could trigger vital harm to the emission management system. Contact your native Penske service location or 24/7 Roadside Help for steering.
Necessary Penske Data
Contact us if you happen to want help together with your lease or rental models earlier than or after the storm:
Penske Services Questions
Penske takes steps to make sure continued service, however there are occasions when delays and closures could also be vital as a result of journey restrictions, climate circumstances, energy outages or a state of emergency.
Please name our 24/7 Roadside Help workforce at 1-800-526-0798 to substantiate the open or closed standing of a Penske facility.
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