Are You Ready?
Disasters disrupt hundreds of thousands of lives every year and can occur at any time. The question is, will you and your family be ready when disaster strikes? There are many things you and your family can do to prepare for a disaster like creating a emergency supplies kit, writing a family preparedness plan and practicing your plan, be informed about what might happen and get involved in preparing your community.
Please visit the following links for what you can do to prepare!!
Get a Kit
Assemble a 72-hour emergency supplies kit for you and your family. You kit should have all the necessary items to be self-sufficient for a minimum of 72 hours. Having essential items on hand will be a great comfort in an emergency. For a list of supplies you emergency kit should contain, click here.
Make a Plan
Develope a family communication plan. Your family may not be together when disaster strikes, so plan how you will contact one another and review what you will do in different situations. Consider a plan where each family member calls or emails the same friend of relative in the event of an emergency. Have an out of state contact. It may be easier to make long distance phone calls than to call across town. For more infromation and downloadable forms, click here.
Be Informed
Knowing the risks will better help you prepare for them. For more information about risks that could affect Ravalli County and Montana, click here.
Practice
An emergency can happen anytime and anywhere. Practice often helps people feel less disoriented and better organized during a disaster - even in the middle of the night or winter. You should practice as a family at least once a year. For family exercise tips, click here.