Emergencies and disasters can happen anytime and anywhere. They typically strike without warning and disrupt hundreds of thousands of lives each year. Each emergency and disaster has its own lasting effects on individuals, families, and communities. Through preparedness efforts, you can help reduce the fear and anxieties related to these unknown situations as well as reduce the immediate and long term risks to you and your families.

We recognize that emergency planning can be overwhelming if you attempt to think about every situation, so the program is designed so that each month, you can take one step to completing your personal preparedness. At the end of one year, you and your family will have successfully completed a comprehensive emergency plan and put together an all hazards disaster kit. While we suggest that you perform at least one task a month as outlined, you could choose to complete these personal preparedness tasks at a faster rate.

We hope that you will find this program both easy to follow and very effective, in preparing you and your loved ones for the best response possible to a real disaster situation. Remember, awareness and preparedness will save lives!

Sincerely,

Christi Myers RN
The Office of Emergency Preparedness
Lassen County Public Health

• PS - Please note that a basic 3-day supply is discussed throughout this program as a minimum kit that can be used at home, or taken with you in the event of an evacuation. After considering the needs of your household, and the disasters or emergencies that may occur in your area, you may wish to increase your level of preparedness to be self sufficient for a longer period of time.