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How to Make an Emergency Car Kit
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Stocking Emergency Disaster Supplies
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Making an Emergency Preparedness Checklist
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Summary: An emergency preparedness checklist is intended to remind an individual of last-minute plans that they may need to be make. Find out what should be included in an emergency preparedness checklist, such as a reminder to turn off the power, with help from the director of an emergency management department in this free video on emergency preparedness.
Warren Lee is the director of the New Hanover County Emergency Management Department. The mission of the Department of Emergency Management is to protect the citizens of New Hanover...read more
"Having a checklist is a really good idea. It just, it reminds you of the things that you probably wouldn't forget, but it just is a last minute reminder to help you make sure that you have gotten all the things that you need to do. Putting the kit together is first and foremost. Talking to your family about your plans, letting them know where you are going. Making sure you have safeguarded any important papers that you have. Making sure that you have made provisions for your pets. Making sure that if you are going to leave your home for an extended period of time, if you have utilities that you can disconnect, turn the gas off, you may want to turn off the electricity depending on if you have got back up power for your generators. And then any evacuation plans, making sure you have got maps on hand if you're planning to leave the area, and don't know where you are going. Making sure that you understand the potential problems that you might encounter when it comes time to come back. Those kinds of things. Making sure that if you live in a community that requires a permit of some sort for re-entry that you have done that. If you are considering putting together a disaster supply kits or if you think you might be subject to an evacuation we have information on New Hanover county's website www.nhcgov.com, and then you can go to emergency management. And under our web page we have quite a few emergency evacuation guidelines are listed there, we have information about your disaster supply kit, we have an emergency checklist. We have information about you and your pets, how to take care of your pets during disasters. Subjects that range everywhere from special needs population to just general evacuation procedures."
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