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#1
Decide to Become Disaster Prepared
"Meet with your family and discuss
why you need to prepare for disaster. Explain
the dangers of fire, severe weather, and earthquakes
to children. Plan to share responsibilities
and work together as a team."
Ref: American Red Cross
 Family
Disaster Planning
Red
Cross Disaster Resources - Children, Special
Needs and Foreign Languages
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# 2
Create a Family Communications Plan
"Your family may not be together
when disaster strikes, so plan how you will
contact one another and review what you will
do in different situations."
Ref: Ready.Gov
Assemble any emergency contact information
you might need in a simple 3-ring binder.
The contact information should include emergency
contact numbers for all members of your family,
fire, police, public health, hospitals, ambulance,
utility company (phone, gas, water, electrical),
schools, business contact numbers and out-of-area
contact(s).
Link
to Family Communications Plan (PDF File)
You'll
need a PDF Reader
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# 3
Start developing a Family Disaster Plan
"Disaster can strike quickly and without
warning. It can force you to evacuate your
neighborhood or confine you to your home.
What would you do if basic services--water,
gas, electricity or telephones--were cut off?
Local officials and relief workers will be
on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot
reach everyone right away."
Ref: American Red Cross
Red
Cross Family Disaster Planning
Know
Evacuation Routes -
Courtesy
of Tehama County
Emergency
Guides - also
translated to En
español - Courtesy
of Tehama County
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# 5
Plan for at Least 72-Hours of Supplies for
You and Your Family
As a county we need to learn to prepare
to be self sufficient for up to 72 hours -
The First 72 Is Up To You. We cannot
depend on initial outside assistance and must
prepare ourselves and our families adequately
for all types of emergencies - both natural
and man made. By preparing ourselves and assuring
the safety of our families, we will be more
equipped to provide assistance to others in
our community.
72-Hour
Disaster Supply Kit - Courtesy
of Shasta County Public Health -
PDF
File
The
First 72-Hours Is Up to You - Courtesy
of Siskiyou County Public Health
Prepare
for the First 24 to 72 Hours - Courtesy
of Modoc County Health Services
Prepare
for Your Animals - Courtesy
of Tehama County
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# 6
Learn About Sheltering in Place - Home - Work
- School - Vehicle
"One of the instructions you
may be given in an emergency where hazardous
materials may have been released into the
atmosphere is to shelter-in-place. This is
a precaution aimed to keep you safe while
remaining indoors. (This is not the same thing
as going to a shelter in case of a storm.)
Shelter-in-place means selecting a small,
interior room, with no or few windows, and
taking refuge there. It does not mean sealing
off your entire home or office building."
Once you have read the materials provided
by the Red Cross you will need to share them
with your family, co-workers and friends and
talk about what it means to "shelter
in place."
Ref: Red
Cross / Shelter in Place
Sheltering
Options - Emergency
Guidelines from Tehama County
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# 7
Don't Assume - Learn About Your Home Utilities
and Locations -
It may seem obvious, but does everyone
in your home know where the fuse box is, the
gas meter, the alarm panels, and other very
critical locations? Do you have a phone that
works when the electricity goes out? Do you
have a battery operated radio (and batteries)?
Does everyone know how to prepare
food if the power is out?
Take the time one weekend or summer
evening and make sure everyone knows where
your Emergency Family Plan, phone numbers,
disaster kits, food, water and utility areas
are located. If you have a computer network
at home, you may want to learn the procedures
for starting up the system once the power
comes back on.
How
to Prepare Food During a Power Failure - Courtesy
of Shasta County (PDF)
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# 8
Store Enough Drinking Water for at least 72-Hours
Do you have enough water for your
family and animals? Each person needs at least
2 quarts of water daily. So if there are 4
people in your family and you need enough
water for 72 hours - how much water would
you need? Six Gallons!
Drinking
Water Sources and Purifying Water - Courtesy
of Shasta County (PDF)
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# 9
Make a Disaster Supply Kit for Your Car (for
Summer and Winter)
We live in a society that takes driving
from one place to another for granted. What
would you do if you had to stay in your car
for a day or longer?
Disaster
Supply Kit For your Car - Red
Cross
Scroll
down the page to the
Disaster Kit Information
Shelter
In Place in your Vehicle - Red Cross
Scroll down the page to the Section about
Sheltering in Place in a Vehicle
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# 10
Read Emergency Guidelines - a Regional
Resource
Take
the time to read the Emergency
Guidelines on the NorcalBT.com
Web Site. These Guidelines were created by
Tehama County and the preparedness and emergency
information can be used by anyone within the
Region.
Emergency
Guidelines Courtesy of Tehama County
En
español
Emergency
Guidelines - PDF
file
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# 12
Take A First Aid Class, CPR Class or Join
Your Neighborhood CERT
How long has it been since you, or
any one in your family has taken a First Aid
Class or a CPR Class? Many Red Cross Chapters
offer First Aid Classes for Owners of Companion
Animals. It's time to sign up for a Red Cross
class. You might even want to find out about
becoming a member of your neighborhood Citizens
Emergency Response Team (CERT).
Red
Cross Chapters Serving Region III Counties
(Butte,
Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta,
Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity
and Yuba Counties)
Find
other Red Cross Chapters Serving Other Communities
Learn
About CERT
Is
there a CERT in Your CA Neighborhood?
If
someone Is Injured - Courtesy
of Tehama County
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