Thursday, September 22, 2011

September is National Preparedness Month

Are you ready for a disaster?
Does your family know there meeting place?
Do you know your areas evacuation centers?

With the 10th anniversary of 9/11, OEM, New York City's Office of Emergency Management wants your family to be ready for the worst.

Getting educated on just a few important things could be the difference between life and death.

As the mom of a two, planning and taking some steps to ensure their safety as well as mine and my husband gives me peace of mind that we will be OK, if we need to take care of ourselves for a couple of day.

Are you ready?
One way to be ready is by visiting the new Readiness Challenge – an online emergency simulation – a tornado tears through the city, knocking out power and jamming phone lines – that forces them to make quick decisions at every turn.  The Readiness Challenge also ties in the My Meeting Place Facebook application and other OEM materials to help users get started on their emergency plans.





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  1. we live in earthquake country - so being prepared for *the big one* is always on our minds. we always have a supply on drinking water for at least 3 days,canned food (+ a manual can opener), flashlight, candles and matches, a battery powered am/fm radio and some cash on hand

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    We always have plenty of water stored. And plenty of shelf-stable food. I also make certain that we have good-sized stockpile of pet food.

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  24. we have a shelf in the pantry with canned goods, bottles of water, baby formula, first aid kit, flashlights that have a radio, and that we wind and don't need a batteries, emergency contact sheet that we laminated with friends and family phone numbers.
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  34. I did pretty good on the Readiness Challenge, I did miss on what we should plan as a meeting place. Never gave it much thought on where we should all meet if we were separted.
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  59. Anonymous6:54 AM

    My family has been prepared since 9/11. We have a bag near the door and are ready to go. We know our meeting place and practice every other month.
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  68. Anonymous8:29 PM

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