How to Create an Emergency Preparedness Plan

What are the three critical steps to create a emergency preparedness plan for your household in case of emergency?

September is National Preparedness Month and IÂ’ll be joining The Clorox Company and Consumer Queen, along with several other bloggers, to spread the word about emergency preparedness.

Disasters can happen quickly and unexpectedly. The most important step to staying safe is being prepared BEFORE an emergency occurs.

Emergency Preparedness Plan

When designing your emergency preparedness plan, you can implement the following three easy steps:

1. Purchase or build an emergency preparedness kit – Your kit should house enough supplies to last your household a minimum of three days for evacuations and 2 weeks for emergencies at home. Next week, I’ll offer specific tips on building a disaster kit with your family.
2. Make an emergency preparedness plan – Schedule a meeting in your household to discuss what to do in case you are separated during an emergency. Choose two places to meet – one right outside the house and the other outside your neighborhood.  Be sure to practice and review the plan twice a year!
3. Get educated – Get to know the types of disasters (e.g. hurricanes, floods or forest fires) prevalent in your area so that you can better tailor both your kit and plan. Find out how local officials will contact residents of your city to advise of important safety information.  AND, get first aid training. Learn critical techniques like CPR and how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).

For more information please visit www.clorox.com/redcross and
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Prepare Yourself Now for Peace of Mind Later

Households should create or purchase an emergency preparedness kit with enough supplies for everyone to last three days for evacuations and two weeks for emergencies at home. Include things like: water, non-perishable food, flashlight, radio, first aid kit, a multi-purpose tool, important medications and copies of personal documents. You may also include household liquid bleach such as Clorox for cleaning and disinfecting and emergency water sanitation.

You also might like these emergency preparedness articles:

• Emergency Preparedness Check List
• An emergency plan for your pets

Giveaway – Your Emergency Preparedness Kit

Each week I’ll be giving away a $25 gift card so that you can create your own emergency preparedness kit.  To enter, simply leave a comment on this post, or re-tweet this post with hashtag #preparedness and leave a comment.

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Disclosure:  As a blog tour participant, I received information and giveaways from The Clorox Company and Consumer Queen at no cost to me. I was compensated for my time by The Clorox Company for participating in this project. All views are my own.