Disaster Preparedness Kit - Disaster can strike quickly and without warning (Well-formatted)

by Ebook Legend (Editor)

Overview

Disaster can strike quickly and without warning. It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood or confine you to your home. What would you do if basic services--water, gas, electricity or telephones--were cut off? Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot reach everyone right away.

Contents:
Four Steps to Safety
Find Out What Could Happen to You
Create a Disaster Plan
Complete This Checklist
Practice and Maintain Your Plan
Children & Disasters
Children and Their Response to Disaster
Advice to Parents
Special Needs Section People with Disabilities and Senior’s
Introduction
Understanding Disasters
Know the difference between a "watch" and a "warning"
Know what your environment is likely to look like after the disaster
Know some other effects of a disaster
Know how disaster-related stress may affect your disability
Know how a disaster may affect your independence
Know how to reduce the impact of a disaster on you
Creating a Personal Support Network
Completing a Personal Assessment
Personal Care
Personal Disaster Preparation
Emergency Information List
Medical Information List
Date Completed
Disaster Supplies
Basic Disaster Supplies Kit
Disaster Supplies for Your Car
Service Animal and Pet Supplies
Power-Dependent Equipment
Additional Information on Equipment and Supplies
Storing Supplies
Date Completed
Making Your Home or Office Safer
Glossary
Considerations for Pets and Pet Owners
Have a Safe Place To Take Your Pets
Assemble a Portable Pet Disaster Supplies Kit
Know What To Do As a Disaster Approaches
Your Quick Click Reference Guide

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012595232
Publisher:	eBook Legend
Publication date:	05/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	649 KB