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Preparing for Disaster
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Preparedness

• Do you know what to do in the event of an
  emergency?
• Do you want to help make your community safer?
• Do you want to help save a life?

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Agenda for Today

• The Red Cross and its mission
• Three steps to personal preparedness
• Additional resources

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The Red Cross Mission

• Provide RELIEF to victims of
• disaster and help people
• PREVENT, PREPARE for,
• and RESPOND to emergencies

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The American Red Cross

• More than 700 chapters nationwide
• 1.1 million volunteer staff (97 of total)
• 35,000 paid staff
• 72,000 disaster responses per year
• 11 million people/year get Red Cross training

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Southeastern PA (SEPA) Chapter

• Nearly 2,300 volunteers work with SEPA Emergency
  Services staff to deliver services 24/7, 365 days
  a year.
• SEPA reached more than 300,000 people with
  life-saving skills last year

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Three Actions
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Get a Kit
A disaster supplies kit should include

• Water
• Food and a manual can opener
• Flashlights and batteries
• First aid kit
• Battery-powered radio
• Tools
• Duct tape and plastic sheeting

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Get a Kit
A disaster supplies kit should also include

• Clothing and bedding
• Prescription and non-prescription medications
• Pet supplies
• Cash and coins
• Sanitary supplies
• Important papers
• Contact information and a map

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Get a Kit
Kits are available from the Red Cross to help get
you started at www.redcross-philly.org Click on
eStore
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Make a Plan
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Make a Plan

• Talk

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Make a Plan
What kinds of disasters could happen in our local
area?
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Make a Plan
What kinds of disasters could happen in our local
area?
Fire high Flood high Severe winter storm
high Building collapse high Terrorism above
average
Pandemic flu above average Tornado
average Hazmat/Transport average Radiological
incident average Earthquake low
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Residential Fires

• Fires are the most common disaster in the United
  States.
• Fires cause the most disaster-related deaths in
  the country.
• Single family fires are the most common disaster
  in
  Southeastern Pennsylvania
  (94 of total in 2006).
• SEPA chapter responds, on average, to more than
  two fires per day.

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• Fire Safety and Preparedness
• Install smoke alarms and keep them working.
• Know your escape routes (two from each room).
• Select a meeting place outside your home.
• Conduct a home fire drill twice a year.
• If a fire starts, get out and stay out.
• If flames block your exit stay where you are,
  close all doors, open window for ventilation, and
  hang sheet or towel outside your window to
  identify where you are.

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• Floods
• Pennsylvania is the most flood-prone state in
  the U.S.
• Almost all communities can experience flooding.
• You can prepare for floods by
• Learning about your communitys flood risk level.
• Having an evacuation plan.
• Protecting your property.
• Knowing what to do if a flood watch or a flood
  warning is issued.

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• Severe Winter Storms
• Understand the hazards of a winter storm.
• Never let your cars fuel level go below half
  full.
• Keep extra blankets and warm clothing on hand.
• Learn how to care for frost bite and hypothermia
  by taking a first aid course.
• If you get stranded in your car
• Run the engine 10 minutes each hour to stay warm.
• Stay in your vehicle.
• Do minor exercise to boost circulation.
• When car is running, listen to radio for updates.

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Make a Plan

• Talk
• Plan
• Choose an out-of-town contact.
• Choose two places to meet after a disaster
• Right outside your home
• Outside your neighborhood

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Make a Plan

• Talk
• Plan
• Learn
• how and when to turn off utilities.
• how and when to use a fire extinguisher.
• how and when to call for emergency help.
• what emergency plans are for schools workplace.
• alternate routes of transportation.

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Make a Plan

• Talk
• Plan
• Learn
• Tell
• Tell everyone in the household
• Where the emergency supplies kit is stored.
• Where the emergency contact information is kept.
• The details of your disaster plan.
• To always carry a copy of the emergency contact
  information

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Make a Plan

• Talk
• Plan
• Learn
• Tell
• Practice

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Shelter in Place
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• Get a Kit
• Shelter in place supplies include the following
• Duct tape
• Plastic sheeting
• Radio or TV with fresh batteries or
  alternative power options
• Extra batteries

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• Make a Plan
• Choose an interior room without windows above
  ground level.
• Discuss your familys emergency communication
  plan.
• Plan an evacuation route.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  www.fema.gov/areyouready/

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• Take Action
• If you are advised by local officials to shelter
  in place
• Close and lock all windows and exterior doors.
• Turn off all fans, heating and air
  conditioning systems.
• Close fireplace dampers.
• Get your disaster supplies kit.
• Make sure your radio is working.

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• Take Action
• Go to your designated room, then
• Seal all cracks around the door
• and any vents or windows.
• Keep listening to radio or TV
• reports and advice.
• Call 9-1-1 about life-threatening emergencies
  only.

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Evacuations

• Depending on conditions, you could also be asked
  to evacuate your home.
• You will be notified by local media when
  evacuations are taking place.
• Have a go kit of essential items prepared ahead
  of time.
• Report to your out of town meeting place, or the
  closest Red Cross disaster shelter.

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• Additional Resources
• Know where to find information on biological,
  chemical and radiological hazards
• American Red Cross
• www.redcross.org
• Centers for Disease Control www.bt.cdc.gov
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
  www.hhs.gov/disasters

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Make a Plan
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Make a Plan

• Become a regular and frequent blood donor.
• Call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE

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Volunteer
Make a Plan
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Volunteer
Make a Plan
Three ways to volunteer

• Red Cross 215-299-4000
• Citizen Corps 215-299-0143
• Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD)
  215-299-4218
• www.redcross-philly.org

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Southeastern Pennsylvania Voluntary Organizations
Active in Disaster
SEPA VOAD is part of a national collaboration of
diverse organizations, including many non-profit
agencies, trained to meet community needs should
a large-scale disaster occur.
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YOUR ORGANIZATION CAN HELP

• JOIN TODAY!
• VOAD Members
• Receive free Disaster Preparedness trainings,
  including CPR and First Aid
• Are part of an organized system for local
  disaster response
• Have access to information related to Homeland
  Security and Emergency Management
• Participate in on-going volunteer opportunities
• Learn ways to make their families, their homes
  and their communities safer from disasters of all
  kinds

 
 
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Know what may happen and how you can help
Be Informed

• Identify how local authorities will notify you

• Learn what you can do to prepare

• Share what you have learned

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Be Informed
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The 3 Cs

• Check-Call-Care
• Always use the Emergency Action Steps
• Check the scene for safety, then check the
  victim
• Call 9-1-1, or your local emergency number to get
  advanced medical help and
• Give care to the injured person.

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Be Informed

• For more information on training
• Health and Safety Trainings 1-800-42-CROSS
• Disaster Services Trainings [phone]
• Preparedness Trainings [phone]

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Thank You!
For more on Be Red Cross Ready www.redcross.org/b
eredcrossready

• For more information on SEPA Chapter
• www.redcross-philly.org

For more on Ready Region www.readyregion.org