Personal Emergency Preparedness
Personal Emergency Preparedness
This may be the most important activity that CERT does. Helping people get prepared for an emergency in New York City could potentially save more lives than any CERT efforts after the event. CERT team members must also be prepared so that we will be available to help our neighbors.
INFORMATION
We must have information. We need know what is going on so we can decide what to do. To insure the flow of information, especially if the power and communications grids are out, we need a battery and/or crank type radio with back up batteries.
RADIO SAMPLE
The radio pictured is a good one, it has batteries and a charging crank, AM, FM, TV, and Weather channels; a white LED light, red flashing light, ear plug, cell phone charger, and a siren. This is a feature-rich example but any inexpensive battery or crank operated radio will do.
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GO BAG.
Along with your radio,
click on the picture to see what else to put in your go bag.,
NYC HURRICAN EVACUATION GUIDELINES- Click on the picture
The Risks You Don’t Think Of.
A Plea to Pack a GO BAG
CLICK on the Image Above for the wired.com post by Maryn McKenna