How to prepare for an emergency with your FAMILY
Hello! Last week I talked a bit about what action to take after an earthquake has taken place.
This week, let's discuss a bit about how to prepare for an emergency with your family.
After all, having a family member separated or injured from a natural disaster is terrible.
So, to prevent something like that happening, here's how to prepare for an emergency with your family (the basics):
1. Decide a meeting place together. That way, even if you are separated and there's chaos going on, you know where to find your family.
2. Prepare a backpack with equipments necessary after a natural disaster (such as first aid, toilet paper, water, flash light, working gloves, emergency blanket) and put it in a reachable spot around the house.
That way, when an earthquake (or any other disaster) happens, you can just grab the backpack and go.
3. Look around the house to check for anything that can fall, break, or cause a fire during a disaster (or any other dangers), and remove if possible.
Of course, these are just the basics.
For more information on emergency preparedness with your family, visit the City of Los Angeles Emergency Management Department: http://www.emergency.lacity.org/Readiness/FamilyReadiness/index.html
Get ready. Now.
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