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"Have a complete evacuation plan, and practice it." therefore, is probably a 10 on the consequence side and a one on the probability side. The risks on which you want to concentrate your mitigation efforts are those in which both the likelihood of occurrence and the potential consequences are in the medium-to- high range. Keep this in mind as you go through the risk mitigation process. Most of all, keep things in perspective. Any consequence that involves potential critical injury or loss of life must take precedence over less critical outcomes. COMMUNICATE TO MITIGATE In any disruption or disaster situation, the safety of your employees should be your main consideration. Start by making sure you have a complete employee roster and contact information for everyone. Make 70 Risky Business ILTA White Paper sure employees know who is in charge of what during any emergency situation. Have a complete evacuation plan, and practice it; every employee should be familiar with it and know what to do. Mitigation is best accomplished through communication. If a situation is threatening your building or someone in your firm, it's important to communicate what's going on to everyone in the firm and/or the building, and what you're doing about it, if anything. If you have a plan for that particular situation, make sure everyone is aware of it and knows his/her role. Prompt, effective communication can lessen the impact of bad news, too. PUT PEOPLE FIRST If you should have a shelter-in-place situation, either because of a police action or a weather emergency,