Dean Mitchell Restoration faciliSmart App Makes Damage Recovery Smoother

No one likes the thought of going through a disaster. Tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, even something as simple as a power outage can render normal operations difficult, or even impossible. It only gets worse when the party impacted by such a disaster is a business or a government operation, and getting these back up and operating is as difficult as it is important. But with Dean Mitchell Restoration's newest app, faciliSmart, getting operations back to normal is likely to be easier.

With faciliSmart, users can get ready for a disaster by way of a simple, easy-to-use tool for disaster planning. It's a Web-based tool, making it accessible from most anywhere with a working Web connection, and making it especially well-suited for disaster response.

But beyond the medium on which it operates, faciliSmart also offers a variety of useful features specifically geared toward disaster recovery, like a means to construct specific disaster response protocol, and keep said protocol easily in reach regardless of conditions on the ground. More specifically, the app can be used to offer blueprints and information about building components (water, power and natural gas shutoff mechanisms, electrical and communications panels and the like), contact information for various staff members that can help get a disaster cleared up, facility-related documentation like warranties and repair manuals, and even the ability to create a pre-disaster status report of the building and facilities, allowing for an easier time with insurance claims.

Dean Mitchell Restoration's director of business development, Paul Licata, offered up some comment on faciliSmart's capability to help restore operations, saying “Phones are the lifeline for so many today. We use them as cameras, we use them to take notes, we use them to store important items. And, with so many 'what-ifs' that could happen, why not create something designed for a smartphone that will help to protect? Can you imagine another situation such as Sandy Hook, or a storm as bad as Hurricane Sandy, and critical information is locked in a desk drawer somewhere? This tool empowers your entire staff by giving them access to the location of key building components, disaster and emergency protocol, and other pertinent information at the touch of their fingertips enabling them to handle any crisis with ease, minimize damage, and potentially save lives.”

Basically, faciliSmart looks to compile the material that goes into the operations of a business' physical plant and property, and preserve it, off-site, ready in the event of a disaster to spring into operation and help the business in question recover. It actually makes a lot of sense viewed objectively, and should go quite a ways in terms of helping a business get back up and running. Streamlining the insurance claims process certainly can't hurt, and once that's settled it's a matter of getting the necessary construction and utility purposes to work to generate the desired results.

The use of a Web-based tool, meanwhile, underscores the value of such tools not just for disaster recovery, but for a mobile workforce in general. When the users of such tools can use the tools in question from different locations, then the idea of opening up the talent pool becomes possible as well. While faciliSmart may not be a push toward the mobile workforce, it does illustrate how mobile workforce principles can be put to work beyond the mobile workforce, and potentially even bring some more hesitant companies into the fold. But either way, it will likely be a huge help in getting back to business even when disaster strikes.