Personal Emergency Preparedness

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Personal Emergency Preparedness

• Public Health - Seattle King County
• 2005

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Scale of 1-10How Prepared are You?
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After Todays Presentation You Will Be Able To

• Identify types of hazards that threaten the Puget
  Sound area
• Recognize how prepared you are at home, in car
  and at work to respond to disasters
• Understand preparedness steps for your home, car
  and work
• List disaster supplies needed for home, car, and
  work

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Disasters/Hazards that Threaten Puget Sound Area

• Natural Disasters
• Human Caused Disasters

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Natural Disasters

• Earthquakes
• Fires
• Floods
• Landslides
• Snow Ice Storms
• Tornadoes
• Tsunami
• Volcanic Eruptions
• Water Shortages
• Wind Storms
• Disease Outbreak

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Flooding Landslides
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Snow, Ice Wind Storms
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Earthquakes Volcanic Eruptions
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Fires
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Disease Outbreaks
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Human Caused Disasters

• Transportation Accidents
• Civil Disorders
• Hazardous Materials
• Fires
• Terrorism

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Hazardous Materials
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Terrorism
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Transportation Accidents
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Civil Disorders
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Power Outages
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Emergency Preparedness Steps for Your Home, Car
and Work Space

• Assess
• Plan
• Mitigate
• Communicate
• Supplies
• Practice

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Assess Environment

• What is safe and what is unsafe?
• What are the escape routes?
• What supplies do you need?

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Make a Plan Mitigate

• How will you make your environment safe?
• How will you communicate with necessary people?
• What supplies will you purchase?
• How will you store and keep these supplies
  fresh?
• Remember to include PETS in planning.

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Know How to Communicate With Vital People

• How will you contact family members?
• How will you connect with your supervisor or link
  to your phone tree?

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What Supplies Should You Have Stored at Home?

• At least 1 gallon of water per person per day to
  last for one week (extra for pets)
• Water purification kit
• One week supply of food
• A flashlight per person (LED)
• Trash bags and duct tape
• See Family Disaster Supply Kit for more
  details.

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Home Supplies continued

• National Weather Service Radio
• Available at Radio Shack
• Cost about fifty dollars
• Linked into emergency alert system
• Can be programmed for various alerts

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What Supplies Should You Have Stored in Your Car?

• Water and food
• First aid kit
• Charged cell phone
• Flashlights with extra batteries
• Blankets and/or warm clothes
• Comfortable walking shoes
• Prescription medicines
• Shovel, fix-a-flat, jumper cables

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What Supplies Should You Have at Work?

• In addition to your sites emergency supplies you
  should have
• water and food
• personal hygiene items
• plastic bags with twist ties
• flashlight with extra batteries
• comfortable walking shoes
• if possible a blanket or extra coat
• prescription medicines

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Additional Handouts/Resources to Help You Prepare
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Emergency Preparedness Checklist

• Emergency Plan
• Escape Plan and Floor Plan
• Home Hazard Hunt,
• Emergency Car Kit
• Fire Safety
• Calendar