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Contact your local
emergency management or civil defense office and
your local American Red Cross chapter.
- Find out which
disasters are most likely to happen in your
community.
- Ask how you
would be warned
- Find out how to
prepare for each.
Meet with your
family
- Discuss the
types of disasters that could occur.
- Explain how to
prepare and respond.
- Discuss what to
do if advised to evacuate.
- Practice what
you have discussed.
Plan how your
family will stay in contact if separated by
disaster
- Pick two meeting
places:
- a location a
safe distance from your home in case of
fire.
- a place
outside your neighborhood in case you
can't return home.
- Choose an
out-of-state friend as a "check-
n-contact" for everyone to call.
Complete these
steps
- Post emergency
telephone numbers by every phone.
- Show responsible
family members how and when to shut off water,
gas and electricity at main switches.
- Install a smoke
detector on each level of your home,
especially near bedrooms; test monthly and
change the batteries two times each year.
- Contact your
local fire department to learn about home fire
hazards.
- Learn first aid
and CPR. Contact your local American Red Cross
chapter for information and training.
Meet with your
neighbors
- Plan how the
neighborhood could work together after a
disaster. Know your neighbor's skills
(medical, technical). Consider how you could
help neighbors who have special needs, such as
elderly or disabled persons. Make plans for
child care in case parents can't get home.
Remember
to practice and maintain your plan
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