Emergency Preparedness - Disaster Preparedness

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Whether a threat from terrorists attacking with anthrax, botulism, plague, ricin, radioactive bombs or nerve gas, we need to be prepared. Whether we are hit with a hurricane, tornado, a flood, earthquake or fire, we must be prepared.

Simple knowledge about how to survive is not enough. We need to have accumulated the essential tools and materials necessary for survival. This book provides you with that list.

Preparedness is not simply buying a few cans of food at the store, nor is it relying on someone else to have what you may need in an emergency. Preparedness is a mindset. You and your family must change your current mindset from “it won’t happen here” to “what can I do to be prepared, just in case?” You must develop a level of awareness that potentially catastrophic events can happen that may alter your day-to-day routines and may drastically limit the availability of what we have come to take for granted (such as communications, electricity, water, access to gasoline).

Preparedness should become part of your daily lives. Not to live in fear, but to accept that risks for a major disaster do exist. Our usual response plans will become overwhelmed. There may be rationing, economic disaster, social unrest or epidemics following an attack. Preparedness is not just watching out for yourself and your family. In today’s international climate, preparedness is essential for our national survival. We must reduce our vulnerability to previously unthinkable threats. Even the best prepared states and localities do not possess adequate resources to respond to the full range of terrorist threats we face. We can no longer assume that the government will be there for us in a crisis.

We are a nation of individuals and families. As a nation, the better prepared we are to deal with any catastrophe, natural or man-made, the better we can respond and recover, and the stronger we will remain. We must become proactive, rather than reactive. All of us should realize that all disasters are ultimately local events. We must accept that Homeland security starts at home.

BEING PREPARED

It is essential that if you, your family and friends are to survive any form of crisis or catastrophe, you will need to be prepared. You should anticipate all potential needs and acquire the means to take care of them. This is the time to learn from others. If you choose to wait until the emergency is upon you, you have waited too long. You and thousands of others will be frantically trying to play "catch up."

The key is to anticipate your needs, think through all scenarios and to calmly prepare. For example, it’s a great idea to have flashlights ready should the power go out. But take it to the next level and think through how and when you may need the flashlight -- and place one next to your bed and perhaps another in the kitchen. Keep one in the car. A flashlight won’t do you much good if stashed away, hidden in the bottom of a box out in the garage.

We, as a people, must individually take the responsibility to prepare to minimize the damage and recover from any future terrorist attack or natural disaster. If there is a terrorist attack, the better prepared we are, the less damage will be inflicted. So, in effect, preparedness is a form of anti-terrorism, though at a more personal level.

The world is not what it used to be. There have always been threats to our nation, but none so potentially catastrophic. If available weapons of mass death and destruction are used against us, the damage will be beyond anything we can imagine. Whether they use standard explosives or genetically-modified killer viruses, the devastation will be overwhelming. It is our individual responsibility to not only prepare our own homes and neighborhoods, but to “spread the word.” The more people that prepare, the better able we will all be to protect ourselves, our communities and our nation.

This list is an essential part of surviving a disaster - but only a part. You must acquire the knowledge and skills to use these items effectively. Simply acquiring these items is not enough. These items alone are of minimal value without the knowledge and understanding of how and when to best use them. In fact, many of these items could be deadly without learning about their use. You must develop an attitude of preparedness. It does not mean that we have to be afraid or live in constant fear. Rather, we must admit that we live in an uncertain world, with potential risks and hazards - natural and man-made. Ignoring these risks will not make them go away.

This is not something for just a few - this is for everyone. Even if a disaster occurs elsewhere, it can and often impacts on everyone. Supply lines can be damaged. Delivery of food and goods halted. Luxuries of living that we take for granted can come to a sudden halt, without warning.

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