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Hurricane & Disaster Preparedness

Hurricane & Disaster Preparedness. Plan, Stay Informed, Prepare & Mitigate Organize a Community Disaster Team. Many Types of Natural Disasters. LI & Metro Area Disasters: Hurricane, Flooding, Wild Fires, Tornados & Earthquakes. Make a Plan.

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Hurricane & Disaster Preparedness

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  1. Hurricane & Disaster Preparedness Plan, Stay Informed, Prepare & Mitigate Organize a Community Disaster Team

  2. Many Types of Natural Disasters LI & Metro Area Disasters: Hurricane, Flooding, Wild Fires, Tornados & Earthquakes

  3. Make a Plan • “Proper planning provides peak performance!” (KISS) • Plans should include mitigation plans for sheltering in place or a contingency plan to evacuate primary location & an evacuation plan (Bugging-Out). • Who will be involved? Family & friends, elderly, medical or special needs persons, pets, etc.? • What kind of supply kits & equipment needed? • All the what if scenarios should be looked at! • A communications plan for all those involved. • Keeping informed as to the abilities & plans of any & all authorities! • A flow of information in & out to every member of your disaster team! • Contingency plans when a disaster hits away from your base of operations or sheltering. • Length of prepared supplies at primary & secondary locations. • Special note several kinds of supplies will be needed. • Rotate supplies. • Portability of prepared supplies & personnel. • All involved must learn & practice your plan(s)! • Make it fun, especially for children & spouse! • Don’t forget special pet needs especially if relocating.

  4. School & Work Plans • Unfortunately we don’t get to pick where & when natural disasters occur & affect us. • Build small 1day BOB’s for every member of your family. Kids may only need bare minimums. (a small flashlight, cell phone, granola/power bar, list of key emergency phone numbers)

  5. Evacuation Routes • During disasters many roads, bridges & tunnels will be closed by local government or by situation. Therefore: • Always think of safety first; • If you are to evacuate from a danger zone, do it prior to the event; • Know your evacuation routes • Know your problem areas – flood zones, poor drainage areas, fire zones, etc.; • Make a detail evacuation plan with contingencies; • Develop or know safe zones for emergency evacuation & egress situations; • Develop plans to rescue & evacuate friends & family if needed; • Use family & friends as possible secondary locations if they are in safer zones.

  6. FEMA-Ready.gov Checklist • FEMA.gov / Ready.gov publish a number of useful booklets. • Additional Items 1930 BPW/RFC Est. 1973 FDAA/CD HUD Reorganized 1979 FEMA Reassigned 2003 DHS

  7. Preparation: Build a Kit • A disaster supplies kit is simply a collection of basic items your household may need in the event of an emergency. Bug-Out Bags (BOB) • Several types of kits need to be built. (14) • Food • Water • Medical • Communications • Power Source & Illumination • Heat (HVAC) • Financial & Document • Self Protection • Sanitary • Clothing • Transportation • Kid • Pet • Tool

  8. Why You Prepare!! • Choose your own destiny!!

  9. HVAC • Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning • Today HVAC is crucial to today’s society! • Focus mostly on alternative portable AC/Heating units.

  10. Resource Files & Sites Make a Plan • Family Emergency Plan(PDF - 450 Kb) • Child's Emergency Contacts Card(PDF - 998 Kb) Stay Informed • National Weather Service: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/National Data Buoy Center: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/National Hurricane Center: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/National Hurricane Center GIS Page: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gis/Skywarn: http://skywarn.org/about/ Other Resources • Nassau County OEM/CERT: http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/OEM/CC/CERT/ NYC OEM: http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/home/home.shtml NYC OEM Videos: http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/news/videos.shtml NYC Evacuation Centers: http://maps.nyc.gov/hurricane/ NYS Office of Emergency mgmt: http://www.nyalert.govNYC Office of Emergency Mgmt: http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/home/home.shtml FEMA: http://www.fema.gov/index.shtmFEMA Mobile: http://m.fema.govFEMA Library: http://www.fema.gov/library/index.jsp American Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/National Shelter Locations: https://nss.communityos.org/cms/After Disaster Locating Link: https://safeandwell.communityos.org/cms/index.php National Response framework: http://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nrf/nrf-core.pdfNational Disaster Recovery Framework: http://www.fema.gov/pdf/recoveryframework/ndrf.pdf

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