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Tips
to Help You Prepare for Disaster
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Fill
heavy plastic containers with water when empty. Date & store in a cool,
dry place. Rotate water every 6 months and freeze some. Frozen water can be
moved to keep perishables cold in refrigerators during outages & be used
for drinking later.
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Choose
an out-of-state phone contact. Long distance lines operate before local
lines in disasters. Choose 2 emergency meeting places away from home and
give this information to your family members, friends, neighbors and caregivers.
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Check
and replace supplies. Every year when you reset your clocks, check your
food, water, batteries and smoke detector batteries. Shake fire
extinguishers back and forth a few times to break up the sediment.
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Stash
extra cash in small denominations and coins in your car, office, and home.
Electric cash registers may not be operable to make change. Pay phones and
long distance lines are the first to work after outages.
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Give
emergency preparedness gifts for: birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, house
warming and wedding parties. Dollar stores are great supply resources.
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Gather
emergency supplies around your home: gloves, can opener, radio, rope,
flashlights, batteries, whistles, toiletries, nonperishable food, tools,
etc. Make a kit so you can grab it and run if you need to.
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Talk
to your neighbors to arrange emergency check-in systems for pet care &
emergency supply sharing, such as: water, generators, camping supplies,
food.
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Walk
through your home with a disaster eye. Move beds away from windows. Latch
cabinets & water heaters. Clear pathways. Move heavy objects down
low.
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Think
up preparedness incentives. Hold contests and give prizes to the friend,
employee or co-worker who is most prepared by a certain deadline.
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Place
comfortable shoes, socks, flashlight, batteries & crowbar under or near
your bed. The crowbar will help if doors are jammed shut in a quake.
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Inventory
your home and office. Videotape or take pictures of your possessions. Store
copies of important documents away from home.
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Carry
a flashlight and whistle with you on a key chain, in your car, and/or at
work. Put whistles and lights everywhere: in kits, in drawers, on
wheelchairs, in kitchens, etc.
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Refill
your gas tanks at half full instead of empty. When electricity goes, so will
gas pumps.
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Call
your local fire department and ask for FREE neighborhood disaster training.
Get CPR, first aid and/or HAM radio certification.
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