The government has announced the extension of Covid 19 lockdown till 3rd May. For some of you this would mean staying away from your place of operation (manufacturing plants, office complex, mall buildings etc.) and not being able to maintain direct physical supervision over the safety and security of your premises. Here is a list of key precautions that you should take in times of “physical distancing¹ to keep your premises safe.

1. COVID
Ensuring Business Safety During Temporary Shutdown
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2. Basic Preventive
Measures
Ensure all Fire pump valves
are fully operational and
locked in automatic mode
position with pressurized
pipelines.
 All detection and
specialized protection
systems such as Server
room flooding systems
should be maintained in
automatic operational
condition.

3. Basic Preventive
Measures
To ensure immediate availability, spare extinguishers, hoses
and other portable devices should be kept at the gate office /
security room.

4.  Check if power can be isolated across site except for critical
equipments and fire protection systems
 Warehouse storages (except Reefer) can be kept non-
electrified and visual checks through external mounted
indicative lamp switches should be done
 Ensure remote monitoring of critical server rooms
Basic Preventive
Measures

5.  Ensure all oily wastes are collected and disposed from site / stored
in special containers and kept far away from any building and / or
equipment
 Hazardous liquids to be preferably in sealed containers with
continuing operations of all flammable vapour collection and
exhaust systems
Basic Preventive
Measures

6. Basic Preventive
Measures
All critical plans, drawings,
blueprints, data, licenses, legal
papers, lease deeds and the like
should be backed up. If possible the
stamps and hard copies should be
stored off site
 Ensure all Insurance covers are
timely renewed with no gaps and
copies of Insurance documents are
easily available
 Any SOP changes / revisions should
be duly signed off

7. Basic Preventive
Measures
Time to set your BCP on ready
mode. Re-map plan based on
resource availability and update all
key contacts and ensure these are
available across locations .
Keep your customers, vendors,
contractors and other
stakeholders informed
 Stay updated on external changes
as related to local authorities,
supply chain routes etc

8. Basic Preventive
Measures
This leaflet provides general advice on
broad principles only and is not
intended to be an exhaustive review of
your potential loss exposures. There
may be some areas where further
specialist advice is required. In such
cases, you are requested to consult the
relevant authorities before
implementing the program.
If you have any specific query, write
to us at info@optima.co.in