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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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- Step
#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
HealthPrepare
for Your
Animals
- Courtesy
of
Tehama
County
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- Step
#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
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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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- Step
#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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