7 Steps to Emergency Preparedness

1. Create a Plan of Action and Know what to do

   • Find out what can happen in your area. Learn what to do before, during and after every disaster. 

   • Create a Disaster Plan for your family and business include: 

     • Evacuation

     • Meeting places for family members

     • Out of state contact person

     • Post your Important Phone Numbers.

     • Review the check list “How Safe is Your House?”

     • Know how to shut off your utilities.

     • Know how to “Report an Emergency.”

   • Practice and Maintain your plan.

2. Prepare items for Quick Action

   • Prepare a 3 Day Evacuation Kit. 

   • Have a 1st Aid Kit.

   • Have at least ½ tank of Gas in your vehicle. 

   • Keep cash on hand in smaller bills. 

   • Review your Action Plan Checklist.

3. Preparing for up to 1 year

   • Store Food. 

   • Store Water and know how to purify it. 

   • Gather and put in place the 40+ most over looked items.

   • Take inventory of your possessions at home and work. 

   • Review your insurance policies.  

   • Keep immunizations current. 

   • Consider: Clothing, Shelter, Heat, Light, Fuel, Cooking and Sanitation items.

4. Long Term – Self Sufficiency

   • Gardening, Canning, and Dehydrating. 

   • Alternative Energy – Wind/Solar/Generator/Geothermal

   • Alternative Shelter – Bomb Shelter

   • Communications - Ham Radio.

5. Complete Preparedness – Review your situation with the following

   • Financial

   •  Temporal 

   • Physical

   • Spiritual 

   • Educational 

   • Vocational

6. Recovery – Learn the steps taken to return to normal life.

7. Mitigate- Actions taken to prevent or reduce the effects of future disasters.

For more information on how you and your family can be better prepared. View Website Are you Prepared