Am I insured for this risk? I’ve added insurance here rather than in a separate step because I believe insurance is part of the planning process. Now that you know your risks, ask yourself if your existing insurance policies cover you for damages due to those risks. You can get insurance for many hazards such…
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Make Your Plan Part 4 – Week 2
Part four of making the plan looks at communication: What is my family/household communication plan? For our communication plan, we need to have a list of all important numbers such as those of family members, doctors, emergency services, hospitals, schools, and possibly employers. This list should be kept in paper format by all household members and…
Make Your Plan Part 3 – Week 2
The third part of making a plan is to consider and plan for potential evacuations: What is my evacuation route? Like the sheltering part of your plan, the evacuation part will be dependent upon each type of disaster. Most likely an evacuation outside of your home and neighborhood will be triggered by direction from your community to…
Make Your Plan Part 2 – Week 2
In this next part of week two, we need to figure out our plan for sheltering: What is my shelter plan? The Ready.gov site advises us to consider where to take shelter if we receive a warning or believe we are threatened with an emergency. The local plan we looked up last week might have listed some…
Make Your Plan – Week 2
Now that we are aware of our risks, this week we are going to make our own disaster plan. This week will probably require the most work of all because there is so much to think about and plan for. Fortunately for us, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has created a few resources to…
Know your Risks – Week 1
This is week one, and we are starting by looking up our local hazard mitigation plan so we understand the risks we need to plan for. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) publishes an online map where you can check the status of your State’s plan and see if your county has a plan. Some…
Are You Prepared for the Next Disaster?
We often hear from emergency response professionals that right after a disaster it may be a few days before anyone can assist us and during that time we may need to rely on ourselves to survive. So having everything in place ahead of time can ensure we make it through a disaster and that our…