What should you prepare for?
Find out what the hazards and threats are in your area and in your home:
- Is your home in a flood zone, or in an area where wildfires, winter storms, or earthquakes could strike?
- Do you use a computer or smartphone, or operate a vehicle?
- Other possible sources of danger
- Talk to your neighbors and other long-time residents as well as your local county emergency manager about what has happened in the past
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How can you prepare for the hazards that you face?
Consider the following parts of a comprehensive preparedness plan:
- First-aid kit, fire alarms, fire extinguisher, and basic safety skills
- Financial preparedness plan and Emergency Financial First Aid Kit
- Evacuation Plan with a 72-hour kit (Go-bag, Bug-Out-Bag, etc.), including pets and animals
- Communications plan
- Carry adequate insurance and document property
- Prepare for power outages that may affect your home, neighborhood, or a large area
- Conduct practice drills and help others in distress
- Build up your emergency stockpile at home so you can survive for 2 weeks