Harper Family Disaster Preparation
Note: Rather than try to anticipate every possible disaster, we have focused on things more likely to happen (power outage, accident, fire) where we believe planning and preparation will make a difference and provided the check list below to remind us what to keep on hand/take with us as required.
Separation when a disaster occurs
- Disaster at home, e.g. a fire…meet at Jane’s (neighbor) garage or if we must leave the neighborhood, meet at Stamford Landing
- Disaster out of the household
- Text each other: status (OK or not), location and if you need help
- E-mail xxx@gmail.com to give your whereabouts, check on other family members and decide if and where to rendezvous.
Medical Emergency at home
- All adults have CPR, abdominal thrusts and First Aid training
- If serious, call 911 then provide assistance
- Small first aid kit in upstairs hall closet
- Big first aid kit in garage
- SAFETY PRACTICE: Cell phone in pocket when on ladders etc.
Fire at home
- First call 911 and alert others to get out
- Fire extinguishers in broom closet (kitchen) and upstairs hall closet
- Escape routes in a fire:
- Upstairs test door for heat; if cool check hallway for smoke; if clear, down the stairs and out the door
- If door is hot and/or hall is smoky
- Anne’s room exit side window over garage to the back
- Rodgers’ room exit back window to porch roof and down
- Martha’s room exit through Anne’s window
- Downstairs, use whichever of 3 doors is clear
- Make sure garage is open to let Lucy out
If we have to leave
- Power off at fuse box; secure house; secure valuables; in winter, turn off water intake and open kitchen tap
- Stuff we cannot do without
- Lucy in carrier with food
- Wallet and cash
- Passports
- Cell phone (s)
- Computer (s)
- Travel chargers
- Meds
- Portable GPS
- Hand held marine radio
- Travel consumables
- Case of water
- Box of energy bars
- Bag of nuts
- Emergency kit (always in the garage)
- First aid kit
- Matches
- Wind up radio
- Flashlight and batteries (2)
- Siphon
- Water purification tabs
- Leatherman tool
- M100 breathing masks
If we are staying in our house
- Equipment
- 3 flashlights and batteries
- Lantern and batteries
- Matches
- Tool kit
- Manual can opener?
- Roll of duct tape (2)
- Plastic tarp
- Consumables (if we must stay for an extended period, e.g. self imposed quarantine)
- Water: 6 gallons of bottled water , plus pressure tank holds 80 gallons, and if we have electricity we can use our well
- 30 days of food (plastic box in basement) this supplements the usual supply on hand of roughly one week
- 25 lb. rice
- 24 cans chili / beef stew
- 24 cans vegetables
- 60 servings of oatmeal
- Dried fruit
- Multivitamins
- 30 day supply of medications
- Tamiflu
- Potassium Iodide
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