How to prepare for 8 types of disasters

Here is what you can do to prepare any type of disaster.

Keep a family reunion

First, identify the specific dangers where you live, says Haupt. Then organize a family meeting to discuss specific needs. Some factors to consider:

• What are the responsibilities of each family member?
• Does anyone in the family have specific food or medical needs?
• Anyone in the family have access or functional needs, such as wheelchairs or hearing aids?
• Do you have animals to include in the plan?
• What are important aspects important to keep in mind? For example, are there public services to deactivate or windows to board?
• Who should you contact when a disaster strikes? For example, are there dear beings who will want to know how you are? Do you need to contact doctors or non-profit organizations that help during disasters?

Make a family emergency plan

“Having a plan is absolutely essential,” says Tom Cotter, MPH, director of preparation and response to emergency room with Project Hope, a world humanitarian health and rescue organization. “No amount of gadget, supplies or equipment can replace a solid and well thought out plan.”

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Ready program offers free models to help your family create a plan.

Cotter says that good plans include the steps for:

• What if communication is broken (for example, establish a meeting point)
• Electric backups
• Location information for reliable hospitals
• Contact details for family of trust, friends and hospitals
• Evacuation and destinations

Cotter underlines that the plans are only useful if they are followed, so it is important to ensure that all family members “know the plan inside and outside”.

Assemble an emergency kit

Ensure an emergency supplies kit and keep it in an easy -to -access location, says HUPT. In particular, she suggests the following basic supplies.

• Clothes
• Non -perishable (canned, shaken and box) and water
• Medical supplies, such as sufficient drugs
• Pet supplies
• Radio powered by battery and additional batteries
• Flashlight
• Important family documents
• First aid sidewalk
• Tool kit
• Activities like playing cards or board games to occupy children

Marc Burdiss, the president of the preparation of solutions, suggests ensuring that you still have:

• Additional medicine in the event of a shortage or the firm pharmacy
• Cash, in the event that automatic distributors are not available due to a power failure or a network failure
• A fuel tank at home in a hangar
• A generator (if possible)

“These things can make all the difference between suffering and the simple fact of being embarrassed,” he says.