District 10 Preparedness Newsletter - April 2023
District 10
April 2023 Newsletter
“Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.” – Ezekial 38: 7
Goals:
Practice:
Participate in the
Hurricane City Emergency Drill
April 10th,
2023 at 6:00 p.m.
With your family
Short Term Preparedness:
Come up with a place for
your family to meet
in an emergency situation.
Keep a carriable water supply
Long Term Storage:
Update “Bug Out Bags”,
emergency kits and water to keep in cars
Prep Equipment:
Wrench for turning off
Natural Gas
Back-pack water purification
Connect:
Practice your plan for leaving your home
in the event of an emergency, meeting in your chosen place and accounting for
everyone. Agree on a family code-word to help kids identify people you have
chosen to help them or keep them safe until you can get to them.
WHY DRILLS?
Consider
the living conditions throughout the history
of human life worldwide, along with those of some places today, and contrast them
with the small percentage of the population that presently enjoys the relative
safety and economic benefits similar to us here in Hurricane. By doing so one
will realize that we represent but a small anomaly in the overall picture. It’s
easy to avoid real news of what’s going on in different parts of the world, even
as we speak. Geopolitical, geophysical or geographical events that seem far
away could affect us at any time in ways we do not now understand. Chances are increasing
that something WILL happen which will necessitate an emergency response.
This
is one reason we have these drills. While they are NOT a substitute for
individual and family preparedness (food storage, first aid kits, bug-out bags,
water storage, and so on…), they are purposeful ways to remind us of what is
possible. More importantly, they are times when we can practice HELPING EACH
OTHER and getting trained local help where it is needed in a timely manner.
4 concentric circles can represent the levels of concern in
the family and neighborhood emergency preparedness plans we are always working
on in Hurricane. If there are things that cannot be adequately addressed at an
inner level, good communication within this system will quickly move responses
to the next level and outward.
The center
represents “Self & Family Help = Help in Seconds”: Homes
The next ring out
would be “Neighbor Help = Help in Minutes”: Blocks
Next is “Community
Help = Help ASAP”: Areas, Districts, Local Experts
Finally, is “FEMA,
Red Cross, etc. = Help in Days or Weeks”: Non-Local
Government
or church organizations outside of our local area is where most disaster-level
response plans now exist. History shows that this source of help could be
stretched to its limit or, for other reasons, be unable to respond for several
days or even weeks.
With
such limitations in mind, we are striving to fully develop our community-wide
system with Blocks, Areas, Districts, Captains and so forth. “Self and Family
Help” is the area we are encouraging everyone in DISTRICT 10 to be responsible
for with our monthly goals, newsletters, etc. “Neighbor Help” represents the
backbone of the “Block” system we are working to fully develop (more on this in
later Goals and Newsletters). “Community Help” will be from our local EMTs,
Fire Dept., Police and other emergency entities as organized by our City
Government. Depending on the severity of the situation, these will respond as
quickly as possible. More efficient and timely help will be enabled AS we are
ORGANIZED and PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE! Thank you.
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