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Family Preparedness |
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. Therefore, the best way to make your family and your home safer is to be prepared before disaster strikes. During a major disaster it helps if everyone can do their part by:
 | Being informed on the hazards that exist in our region and how they can affect you personally. |
| Knowing how to react when a disaster or emergency does occur. |
| Having an evacuation and communications plan in place so everyone in your family knows what to do and where to go. |
| Putting together disaster supplies to help sustain you until services are restored or help can be provided. |
What you do now can help you and your family better respond to and recover from disaster, as well as contribute to the overall readiness of our region.
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Family Preparedness |
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Children and Disasters |
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Special Needs and Concerns |
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Pet and Animal Safety |
Family Preparedness
Children and Disasters |
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Disaster and terrorism resources from the Red Cross | 
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Disaster and terrorism resources for parents and teachers |
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The American Academy of Pediatrics |
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Resources on Post Traumatic Stress in children |
Special Needs and Concerns |
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Preparing for Disaster for People with Disabilities and other Special Needs |
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Disaster Preparedness For People With Disabilities |
Pet and Animal Safety |
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Animal safety from the Red Cross |
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Animal safety from FEMA |