Preparedness Question for June

So this months preparedness question is: How many people do you plan for in the event of an emergency? Do you plan for just your family in your home? How about extended family in the area? Do you have close friends that will show up at your home? How about neighbors? Do you have a reading group, church members, or a club that you belong to and those people may decide to "show up" at your home for help.

No one person or family can expect to "help" everyone that comes knocking at your door. You should have a plan to help those that you can. You should also have a plan on how to tell people you can not help. Of course there is is a time to help people. Then there is also a time to help your immediate family. 

Only you as a family can decide what is best for you! Prepare for yourselves and then plan on helping other people. Make a plan and follow through! Good luck to you all!

Preparedness Idea

Preparedness Idea for May is something most people do not want to think about, but really need to. Do you have a plan if your family is separated in different parts of the city during severe emergencies, ie Earthquake, Tornado, Fire, etc? 

Does your family know of where to meet, where to go, how to try to make contact? Does your family know who to call out of the area, out of state to check in and relay information for you? Do they know the number, not just stored in a cell phone?

Just a few thoughts.

Preparedness Question Oct

This months Preparedness Question is brought to you by the Fire Prevention week. I wanted to touch on this subject because it is fire prevention week. 

Do you know what Fire district you live in? Do you know what are the dangers of wild fire in your area? Do you know what the fire danger is today in your area? Do you know when is your wild fire season?

Test your smoke alarms in the home. Change the batteries in your smoke detectors. Run a fire drill with your family. Check the fire extinguishers in the home. 

Preparedness Question of the Month

With all the things that have happened in the last few weeks I thought we would ask these questions:

You are suddenly with out power

Do you know what you need to do? Do you know how to cook? Do you know what you need to do in your home to get ready for the power to come back on? Do you know how to drive with out traffic lights on? Do you have flashlights with fresh batteries? Do your children, if you have them, know what to do until you return home?

These are just a few questions to get you to think and to get prepared. The power can go off anytime.

I did a blog last month about power outage after the hurricane. You can check that out. Also check out FEMA and Red Cross for their information that have on power outages.