Personal Preparedness P2

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Personal PreparednessP2

• Andy Altizer
• Director of Emergency Preparedness
• GA Tech

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Emergency Preparedness

• Whose job is it?
• GA Tech Police?
• Faculty Staff?
• Students?
• Everyone's! Including, yours!

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What Can You Do to Help?

• Personal Preparedness (P2)
• Trust your instincts
• Know your building evacuation plan
• Know whats in your building
• Know your building manager
• Consider taking the EP training classes
• Sign up for GTENS, Weather Alerts and Crime
  Alerts
• Report suspicious behavior
• Have a family plan including communications
  plan

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What Else Can You Do

• Get a Kit
• Make a Plan

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Get a Kit

• Be prepared to improvise and use what you have on
  hand to make it on your own for at least three
  days, or longer if necessary.
• It's best to think first about the basics of
  survival fresh water, food, clean air and
  warmth. Consider creating two kits. In one,
  include everything that you will need to stay
  where you are and make it on your own. The other
  should be a lightweight, smaller version that you
  can take with you if you have to leave.

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Recommended Items to Include in a Basic Emergency
Supply Kit

• Water, one gallon of water per person per day for
  at least three days, for drinking and sanitation
• Food, at least a three-day supply of
  non-perishable food
• Battery-powered or hand crank radio and a NOAA
  Weather Radio with tone alert and extra batteries
  for both
• Flashlight and extra batteries
• First aid kit
• Whistle to signal for help
• Dust mask, to help filter contaminated air and
  plastic sheeting and duct tape to
  shelter-in-place
• Moist towelettes, garbage bags and plastic ties
  for personal sanitation
• Can opener for food (if kit contains canned food)
  
• Local maps

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Additional Items to Consider Adding to an
Emergency Supply Kit

• Important documents such as copies of insurance
  policies, identification and bank account records
  in a waterproof, portable container
• Cash or traveler's checks and change
• Emergency reference material such as a first aid
  book or information from www.ready.gov
• Sleeping bag or warm blanket for each person
• Complete change of clothing including a long
  sleeved shirt, long pants and sturdy shoes.
  Consider additional clothing if you live in a
  cold-weather climate.
• Household chlorine bleach and medicine dropper
  When diluted nine parts water to one part bleach,
  bleach can be used as a disinfectant. Or in an
  emergency, you can use it to treat water by using
  16 drops of regular household liquid bleach per
  gallon of water. Do not use scented, color safe
  or bleaches with added cleaners.

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Additional Items to Consider Adding to an
Emergency Supply Kit

• Fire extinguisher
• Matches in a waterproof container
• Prescription medications and glasses
• Pet food and extra water for your pet
• Feminine supplies and personal hygiene items
• Mess kits, paper cups, plates and plastic
  utensils, paper towels
• Paper and pencil
• Comfort/stress foods
• Sterno or portable propane stove/hotplate (For
  home emergency use in the event of extensive
  power outages)

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Make a Plan

• When disaster strikes, it is important to think
  through your personal emergency plan and address
  the following considerations
• Contacting your family It may be easier to make
  a long-distance call than to call across town, so
  identify an out-of-town contact that may be in a
  better position to communicate among separated
  family members.
• Be sure every member of your family knows the
  phone number and a prepaid phone card to call the
  emergency contact.
• You may have trouble getting through, or the
  telephone system may be down altogether, but be
  patient.
• Make sure that your campus directory contact
  information is up to date.
• Depending on your circumstances and the nature of
  the emergency, the first important decision is
  whether you stay put or leave. You should
  understand and plan for both possibilities. Use
  common sense and available information, to
  determine if there is immediate danger. If time
  allows Call or email the "out-of-state" contact
  in your family communications plan and tell them
  where you are going.

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Also.

• In any emergency, local authorities may or may
  not immediately be able to provide information on
  what is happening and what you should do.
  However, you should monitor TV or radio news
  reports for information or official instructions
  as they become available. If you're specifically
  told to evacuate or seek medical treatment, do
  so. Georgia Tech will also post emergency
  information on the Institute's home page at
  www.gatech.edu.
• If you live on or near campus and have to travel
  some distance to your permanent residence,
  identify your primary travel plans and have
  emergency travel funds on hand should you need to
  leave unexpectedly.
• If you plan to travel by air or rail, have travel
  agency or airline information handy.
• If you plan to drive, identify an alternate
  route.
• Plan places you will assemble and anticipate
  where you will go. Choose several destinations in
  different directions so you have options in an
  emergency.

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Also.

• If you cannot get home, identify friends or
  family who live nearby who would agree to let you
  stay during a campus closure.
• If you live in Institute Housing, know your
  evacuation procedure.
• Other important considerations
• Arrange for direct deposit. In the event of a
  campus closure, any earnings you are scheduled to
  receive may only be issued electronically.
• If you are an out-of-state or international
  student or faculty member, try to maintain a
  sufficient amount of emergency funding to return
  to home should the emergency situation that the
  campus be closed.

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Safety First!

• Always lock your door, even if you intend to
  return shortly or are just going down the hall.
• Do not allow strangers to enter the premises.
• If someone asks to use your phone for emergency
  purposes, offer to telephone for them instead of
  allowing them access to your residence and
  possessions.
• Do not put your address anywhere that a stranger
  can gain easy access, such as a key chain or hang
  tag.
• On-campus, call 404-894-2500 to report any
  suspicious activity. Off-campus, use the
  emergency number of the city or town. Immediately
  give the dispatcher your location and any
  pertinent information. If possible, stay on the
  line until help arrives or the dispatcher
  terminates the call.
• When possible, use your ATM card during the day.
  If you must use the machine at night, go to an
  indoor or otherwise well-lit machine.
• Avoid working or studying alone in a building at
  night. Have a friend available for emergencies.

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Safety First!

• Always lock your door, even if you intend to
  return shortly or are just going down the hall.
• Do not allow strangers to enter the premises.
• If someone asks to use your phone for emergency
  purposes, offer to telephone for them instead of
  allowing them access to your residence and
  possessions.
• Do not put your address anywhere that a stranger
  can gain easy access, such as a key chain or hang
  tag.
• On-campus, call 404-894-2500 to report any
  suspicious activity. Off-campus, use the
  emergency number of the city or town. Immediately
  give the dispatcher your location and any
  pertinent information. If possible, stay on the
  line until help arrives or the dispatcher
  terminates the call.
• When possible, use your ATM card during the day.
  If you must use the machine at night, go to an
  indoor or otherwise well-lit machine.
• Avoid working or studying alone in a building at
  night. Have a friend available for emergencies.
• Use crosswalks with caution, and not when using
  your cell phone!

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Be in the Loop!

• Emergency Notification
• Georgia Tech Emergency Notification System
  (GTENS)
• https//passport.gatech.edu/
• Weather Alerts
• Weather tracking system that focuses on GA Tech,
  as opposed to NWS on Fulton County.
• Campus community can subscribe to receive weather
  alerts.
• http//www.police.gatech.edu/weather.htm
• Crime Alerts
• http//www.police.gatech.edu/crimealerts.htm

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YOU!

• Be a part of the solution.not part of the
  problem!
• Be Prepared P2!
• Join GA Tech CERT!
• Citizens Emergency Response Team

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Questions

• Andy Altizer
• Director of Emergency Preparedness
• Georgia Tech Police Department
• 879 Hemphill Avenue
• Atlanta, Georgia 30332
• 404-894-8392
• andy.altizer_at_police.gatech.edu