Evaluation of Institutional Preparations for Disaster and Emergency Situation in Small Enterprises; Sample of Gümüşhane

The ability of small businesses to survive with disasters and reduce the impact of disasters is determined by disaster preparedness and their knowledge and awareness. The purpose of this study is to assess the preparations of small businesses for disasters and emergencies. The research was carried out on the owners, managers and staff of the small business in Gümüşhane. The research group was composed of 270 small businesses staff that agreed to participate in the survey. Survey form which consists of two parts was applied as data collection form in the survey. The first part consists of questions prepared to obtain demographic information; the second part comes from the questions prepared to evaluate your emergency preparedness. Data were evaluated by chisquare and t-test. 86.3% of the participants rated the installation as less dangerous, 8.9% as dangerous and 4.8% as very dangerous. The average score of the participants was 2.46 ± 2.68 out of 10. The average score of participants was very low. There is a statistically significant difference between the tasks of the participants in the operation and the knowledge score. It is seen that the information scores of the business owners are lower than the managers and staffs. It is observed that business with high preliminary knowledge points have more space in the operation of disaster plan requirements and practice. The level of knowledge score increased as the level of preparation increased. There is a need to increase disaster information levels in order to increase the resistance of small businesses to disasters.