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MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES

MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES. Planning for Emergencies. Governor’s Faith-based Initiative is strengthening partnerships Local, state and federal agencies have plans to protect the public Ultimately, you are responsible for your own safety. What is Ready in 3.

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MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES

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  1. MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES Planning for Emergencies

  2. Governor’s Faith-based Initiative is strengthening partnerships • Local, state and federal agencies have plans to protect the public • Ultimately, you are responsible for your own safety

  3. What is Ready in 3 • Emergency preparedness initiative created in March 2004. • Funded through CDC grant. • Aims to help Missouri residents and communities prepare.

  4. Ready in 3 • Ready in 3 focuses on three simple steps: • Create a Plan • Prepare a Kit • Listen for Information

  5. Survey Says…… • 1 in 4 families in Missouri have not planned for emergencies. • 40% do not know how to plan.

  6. Create a plan for you, your family, place of work and faith organization. Step 1 1. Create a Plan • Develop a family emergency plan • Your family might not be together

  7. 1. Create a Plan The entire family should know and understand the plan.

  8. 1. Create a Plan • Talk about how you will reach each other. • Make an out-of-town family member or friend a contact.

  9. 1. Create a Plan • Plan for two situations, staying home or leaving. • Planning for a tornado can be different than planning for a terrorist attack. • Know where to go if you have to leave. • Where will your family meet/reunite? • How will you get there?

  10. Prepare a kit for home, car, and work. Step 2 2. Prepare a Kit

  11. 2. Prepare a Kit • Have a minimum of 3 days worth of food and fresh water for each person. • Have 1 gallon of water for each person per day. • Weather Band Radio

  12. 2. Prepare a Kit • Manual can opener • Battery powered radio • Flashlight • Extra batteries • List of medicines (samples) • First aid kit

  13. Tips & Reminders! • Landline and cell phones • ICE • Text messaging • Generator Safety

  14. Tips & Reminders! • Practice drills with family • Day and Night • Identify potential hazards in homes and workplaces • Strap down water heaters • Smoke Detector • Replace Batteries • Carbon Monoxide Detector

  15. Tips & Reminders! • Screw shelving to walls • Identify inside water shutoff point • Shut individual breakers, then main breaker and reverse to bring back up • Learn how to shut off natural gas into home

  16. Tips & Reminders! • Never walk under or over downed power lines – stay 30’ away • Learn CPR • 911 • Text messaging from Emergency Officials

  17. 2. Prepare a Car Kit • Water • Several cans of food and a manual can opener • Sleeping bag or extra blankets • Extra money • First-aid supplies • Triangle

  18. Listen for information about what to do and where to go during an actual emergency. • Officials will provide information. • Get as much information as possible. • Don’t rely on electricity. Step 3 3. Listen for Information It is important to stay calm in an emergency.

  19. Faith Based Organizational Planning • Develop: • Building-evacuation plan • Meeting place • Create an Emergency Preparedness Committee • Designate leaders • Designate emergency responders during services • Practice drills during services

  20. Faith Based Organizational Planning Continued • -A Continuity of Operations Plan • -Prepare an emergency supply kit • -Focus on preparedness during specific times of year……Safe Sunday • -Place Preparedness Displays Around • Church • -

  21. Schools and Day Care • Develop: • Emergency plans • Current contact information • Up-to-date telephone numbers

  22. Find out how parents will be contacted in case of emergency. • Know what steps will be taken to protect the children. • Place identification cards on children.

  23. Questions for Your Child’s School & Day Care • Do you practice emergency drills regularly? • Is there enough water and food stored at for all the children? • What first-aid supplies are on hand? • Are the teachers & administrators prepared to shelter in place? • Where will the children be taken if they must evacuate?

  24. Special Considerations • People with Specific Health Related Needs – Living at home: • Identify people who can help • Emergency kit supplies • Keys • Medical alert tags / bracelets • Medical equipment - oxygen

  25. Specific Health Related Needs • People with Specific Health Needs: • Additional emergency kit supplies: • Medicines, including dosages • Allergies • Eyeglasses and hearing aid batteries • Medical insurance and Medicare cards • Doctors • Emergency contacts and family

  26. Additional Recommendations • For Pets: • Identification tags • Up-to-date vaccinations • Take your pet • Emergency kit supplies: • Extra food • Water • Medicine • Carrier and leash • Extra kitty litter

  27. What is Available • Tools & Resources: • Family Safety Guide / Family Plan • Emergency Threats brochure • Fact sheets • Posters • Presentation materials • Newsletter articles • Videos • Bookmarks • Lesson Plans • Teacher’s Guides

  28. Where To Order • Materials and tools – free • DHSS web site • www.health.mo.gov • Or • By calling 573-526-4768

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