How to Prepare Your Neighborhood for a Major Emergency

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Discuss with your neighbors their interest in a disaster preparedness group

   Discuss such things as flooding, wildfires, tornadoes, hurricane, earthquakes and anything else that becomes a topic of concern for you and your neighbors. , Expectations include what individuals can do to prepare ahead of time for a disaster, emergency steps to take when a disaster happens and follow-up recovery steps that should be taken by individuals and the neighborhood as a whole after a disaster.
   
   Wildfire preparedness resources primarily directed at US citizens, can be found through FEMA at http://www.ready.gov/wildfires.
   
   Your flood preparedness group can start its research at http://www.ready.gov/floods or any other similar website relevant to your location.
   
   Begin your tornado preparedness research at http://www.ready.gov/tornadoes.
   
   Use the earthquake preparedness resources found at http://www.usgs.gov/faq/taxonomy/term/9834. , Because they are typically the first responders, they may be able to offer you insight that research cannot. , Direct your families to the FEMA website's disaster preparedness page at http://www.ready.gov/build-a-kit, and encourage them to create their own kits.
   
   By everyone making an effort to secure the needs of their families, group resources are not wasted. , This could be done electronically via email, on a social media website, or door-to-door using fliers.
   
   Whichever method you choose, make sure that every family in the neighborhood receives the information. , If danger is imminent, a communication tree can be used to contact one another to give warning.
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   Step 2: and determine who the leader will be.

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   Step 3: Conduct your first meeting as a session to air concerns of what might possibly happen in your area.

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   Step 4: Delegate a committee member or group of people to research the topic and what should be done in that circumstance

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   Step 5: and task them to come prepared to speak on the topic at the next meeting.

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   Step 6: Consider asking local law enforcement or other emergency response personnel to speak to your group.

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   Step 7: Educate families on how disaster preparedness starts at home.

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   Step 8: Reassemble your group to discuss what was found in the research

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   Step 9: and then disseminate pertinent information to all families in the neighborhood.

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    Step 10: Discuss at your meetings the possibility of a communication tree.

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