TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD

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This was sent out to all hands on our base today. Figured it would be good info to post up




TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD

DURING A DISASTER

1. Take personal responsibility in preparing and reducing the risk of disasters within your household and work areas. Federal, state, local, and county are often too busy during a disaster, and may need to focus their efforts elsewhere, leaving you and your household vulnerable and open to risk.

2. Being prepared and understanding what to do can reduce fear, anxiety and losses that accompany disasters. Know what to do incase of fire, and where to seek shelter during a disaster. Knowing what to do to protect yourself and your household is essential.

3. HOW TO PREPARE:

· Develop a household disaster plan.
· Learn about natural disasters that occur in your area (contact your EMO).
· Talk to your children’s school officials about their emergency response plans.
· Discuss with household member the types of emergencies that can occur.
· Plan how your household would stay in contact if you were separated.
· Identify two meeting places, one near your home and second away from the neighborhood.
· Pick a friend or relative who lives near your area for household members to call.
· Draw a floor plan of your home. Mark two escape routes from each room.
· Post emergency telephone numbers by telephones, and teach your children how and when to dial 911.
· Each family member should know how and when to shut off water, gas, and electricity at main switches in your home.
· Consult your local utilities if you have questions.
· Take a first aid and CPR class provided by local American Red Cross.
· Understand the “good Samaritanâ€￾ law, protection for those giving first aid.
· Review property insurance policies before disaster strikes.
· Make sure all policies are current and provide the type of coverage and amount of coverage (flood, and earthquakes).
· Make arrangements for pets. Pets are not allowed in public shelters unless they are service animals for those who depend on them.

4. PREPARE A DISASTER SUPPLY KIT:

· Kit should contain essential food, water, and supplies for three days.
· Keep the kit in a designated place and ready to grab and go.
· Make sure all household members know where the kit is kept.
· Keep additional supplies for sheltering /home confinement for up to two weeks.
· Maintain a disaster supply kit at work.
· Maintain a kit in your car. Food, water, flares, jumper cables and seasonal supplies.

5. SUPPLY KIT CHECKLIST:

· Water
· Food
· First-Aid Kit
· Tools and emergency supplies
· Clothing and bedding
· Change the food and water supply every six months
· Write the date you stored it on the containers
· Re-think your needs yearly and as your household changes
· Use airtight plastic bags
· Place your items in a plastic bag/camping backpack or duffel bag

6. FIRST AID SUPPLIES CHECKLIST:

· First aid manual
· Sterile adhesive bandages in assorted sizes
· Assorted sizes of safety pins
· Cleansing agents (isopropyl alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, soap, and germicide)
· Antibiotic ointment
· Latex gloves (2pairs)
· Petroleum jelly
· 2-inch and 4-inch sterile gauze pads (4-6 each size)
· Triangular bandages (3)
· 2-inch and 3-inch sterile roller bandages (3 rolls each)
· Cotton balls
· Scissors
· Tweezers
· Needle
· Moistened towelettes
· Antiseptic
· Thermometer
· Tongue depressor blades (2)
· Tube of petroleum jelly or other lubricant
· Sunscreen.

7. TOOLS AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES:

· Portable, battery-powered radio/television
· Flashlight and extra batteries
· Signal flare
· Matches in a waterproof container/waterproof matches
· Shut-off wrench, pliers, shovel and other tools
· Duct tape and scissors
· Plastic sheeting
· Whistle
· Small canister, A-B-C-type fire extinguisher
· Tube tent
· Compass
· Work gloves
· Paper, pens, and pencils
· Needles and thread
· Battery-operated travel alarm clock

8. EVACUATION PLANNING:

· Check with Emergency Management Officer about NAS Lemoore Evacuation plans.
· Learn evacuation routes
· If you don’t own a car, make transportation arrangements with neighbors.
· Talk with your household about evacuation plans.
· Plan where you would go if you had to leave the community.
· Determine your mode of transportation to the new destination.
· Plan a place to meet your household in case you are separated.
· Have a checkpoint.
· Find out where children will be sent if schools are evacuated.
· Assemble a disaster supply kit with battery -powered radio.
· Keep fuel in your car if an evacuation seems likely.
· Know how to shut off your home’s electricity, gas and water supplies at main switches and valves.

9. Disaster situations can be intense, stressful, and confusing. Should a disaster occur and an evacuation is necessary, local responders will do their best to notify the public, but do not depend entirely on this. Disasters can strike with little or no warning, providing local responders scant time to respond to all areas. “Take personal responsibility of your household during a disaster,â€￾ and continue to educate yourself on the types of disasters that occur in your area
 
Making this one a personal sticky for myself.

Good lQQkn out, Thrasher!!!!
 
Dont forget to add to the list a good pair of walking shoe's
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