To our valued clients, most of you are aware of the quickly evolving health crisis. It is a very fluid situation with more and more drastic measures being taken to ensure not only the health and safety of our citizens but also to maintain the integrity of our health care system and its workers. We would like you to know that McFarlan Tree Care has taken steps to minimize and eliminate the spread of COVID – 19 and to protect its own employees while continuing with ongoing operation of our business. We are fortunate enough to be in an industry where most of our work can be done with no personal contact. However, if you do not feel comfortable with proceeding with your scheduled work, please contact our office either by phone or email.
We are a small company (4 employees) and none of the staff has traveled outside of Canada in the past 3 months and none of our team members are showing any signs of illness.
All our staff has been informed of proper guidelines for mitigating spread. These include, but not limited to –
- Frequent handwashing with soap or hand sanitizer
- Frequent cleaning of high touch areas in our trucks, equipment, and tools
- Continual effort to maintain proper social distancing and close personal interaction
- Covering coughing or sneezing in the inside of your elbow
- Staying home from work if exhibiting symptoms consistent with COVID-19
- Self-quarantine if a roommate or home family member tests positive for COVID-19
- Suspending all non-essential, business or client meetings in person and conducting them over the phone.
- Workers may take multiple vehicles to each work site to ensure social distancing, and lunch breaks will be taken in separate areas at minimum 6ft apart.
- Customer contact on all on site for estimates or work will be done over the phone, customers are asked to stay a minimum of 6ft to respect social distancing practices.
We are currently monitoring the situation daily to ensure the protection of our staff and anyone else. We will continue to keep our clients notified about changes to our policies and practices and take this one day at a time.
We would like to thank everyone for their cooperation at this time and to please stay safe.
Jack McFarlan
Owner McFarlan Tree Care
