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Prepare a Personal
Disaster and Evacuation
Plan
The American Red Cross,
the National Weather
Service and the Federal
Emergency Management
Agency urge each and
every family to develop
a family disaster plan.
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Meet
with your family to
create a plan.
Discuss the
information you have
gathered and why it
is important to
prepare for a
disaster.
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Show
and explain to each
family member how
and when to turn off
the water, gas and
electricity at the
main switches, and
how to use a fire
extinguisher.
Remember, if the gas
is shut-off, only a
professional can
turn it back on.
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Identify ahead of
time where you would
go if you are told
to evacuate. Choose
several different
places – a friend’s
home outside of the
affected area, a
motel or a shelter.
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Get
a good map and be
familiar with your
community’s
evacuation routes.
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Listen to local
media broadcasts or
NOAA Weather Radio
for the latest storm
conditions.
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If
you are told to
evacuate, do so
immediately.
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In
case you have to
evacuate, be sure to
bring your disaster
supplies kit
including
medications, extra
clothing, pillows
and blankets, and
other hygiene and
comfort supplies,
along with copies of
essential papers and
documents.
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Be
sure to make
advanced safety
preparations for
your pets. Be aware
that pets are not
allowed in Red Cross
shelters. Contact
your local humane
society or
veterinarian for
suggestions.
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Ask
an out-of-town
friend or family
member to act as
“family contact” for
everyone to call in
case of separation.
It is often easier
to call long
distance after a
disaster than to
make local calls.
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Disaster Action On-call
Team Member -Join
our team of trained volunteers that responds
to disasters by providing mass care feeding
to fire fighters and 1st responders during
an incident such as a house fire, flood, or
criminal investigation.
National Disaster Services Human Resources Volunteer (DSHR) -become
a trained national volunteer through your
local chapter , and deploy and respond to
national disasters such as a hurricane,
earthquake, flood or wild fire across the
country. Requirements are a minimum of being
gone 3 weeks, and taking designated training
and getting experience locally. To learn
more about the different functions please
click on the weblink:
Check out DSHR Group Activities.
Administrative Assistance-The
Emergency Services Department has to keep
track of all assistance provided to families
and individuals. If you are proficient on
the computer and would like helping in this
area, your help is needed! This job is
never done! It's a daily, weekly and
monthly job to keep up with the data entry!
Please sign up to help.
Community Disaster Education-
Help with distributing vital information to
help families and individuals to be better
prepared for disasters. The American Red
Cross has many informative brochures that
explain how to do this. As part of our
mitigation efforts and educating our
7-county area, we have a continual goal to
distribute disaster preparedness brochures
and information. If you like working with
organizations, agencies and schools, this
volunteer job is for you.
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