This month: Home Preparedness and Data Backup

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Emergency Preparedness Information

• This month Home Preparedness and Data Back-up
• Provided by Steven Craig
• 360-867-5028
• (Certified Emergency Manager- CEM)
• TESC
• Emergency Response Planning Coordinator
• Visit this site often!
• This site to be updated at least once a month.

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Disaster PreparednessFIRE

• Have you thought about what you would do in case
  of a fire in your home?
• Practice evacuation drills with family members.
  If you have a 2nd story home, identify measures
  to get out safely (e.g. chain ladder), education
  family members.
• Have one location identified outside for muster
  point. This eliminates the confusion on whether
  everyone got out.
• Have a phone contact number so family members can
  check in to give health status in case other
  members are out of town.
• Have an emergency supply kit in the trunk of your
  car (blanket(s), food bars, water, emergency
  flashlight, etc).

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• Family Data backup
• If a fire destroys your computer, do you have the
  data recorded elsewhere?
• Record valuable information (word documents,
  finance, genealogy) on CD, flashdrive, etc. Take
  pictures, record serial numbers. Put in safety
  deposit box, car, or with a trusted friend or
  relative. (May want to password protect).
• E-mail some files to yourself for easy
  retrieval elsewhere.
• Have pictures that are not replaceable?
  Make copies or scan. Put in safety deposit box or
  with a trusted friend or relative. A fire this
  last week near Seattle destroyed a familys
  entire picture collection, many over 50 years
  old. Make copies today!

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New Idea just out of London Store "ICE " in
your mobile phone address book, and with it enter
the number of the person you would want to be
contacted "In Case of Emergency ". In an
emergency situation, Emergency Services personnel
and hospital staff would then be able to quickly
contact your next of kin, by simply dialing the
number programmed under "ICE".   For more than
one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2, ICE3
etc.

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Questions?

• Send to Craigs_at_evergreen.edu