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PERSONAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Why everyone needs to be prepared for the unexpected!
2013
Alberta Emergency Management Agency
DO WE NEED TO BE PREPARED?
• Slave Lake
• High River
• Hub Oil Explosion
• 2010 Medicine Hat / Cypress Flooding
• 2013 Alberta Flooding
• But many are smaller events!
• Edmonton Rutherford Condo Fire – 25 people out for weeks
WHY DON’T WE PREPARE?
• How many of you have a 72 hour kit right now?
• “It takes too much time”
• “It won’t happen to me”
• “It won’t be that bad”
• “If it is that bad, there’s nothing you can do”
• “The government will help”
• “It costs too much”
FOUR PARTS
• Know the Risks
• Create a Plan for Your Family / Practice the Plan
• Have a 72 Hour Kit
• Be Informed
GET INFORMED!
2013 Southern Alberta Flooding
100,000 Albertans learn the importance of personal preparedness
WHAT ARE THE RISKS?
• Fire
• Floods
• Tornadoes
• Power Outages
• Dangerous Goods
• Pipeline Breaks
• Winds
• Landslides
• Water Quality
• Train Derailments
• Snow Storms
EACH COMMUNITY WILL BE DIFFERENT!
HOW WILL YOU BE ALERTED?
• Knock on the door
• Media
• Community (Twitter, Sirens, reverse 911)
• Alberta Emergency Alert
• View at www.albertaemergencyalert.ca
• Sign up with Twitter or Facebook (on the website)
PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS
HAVE A KIT!
2011 Slave Lake Wildfires
10,000+ Albertans learn the importance of personal preparedness
HAVE A PLAN
• Where will you go? (Close and further)
• How will you reunite? (Phone Numbers)
• Are there evacuation routes?
• What if your normal exit road is blocked?
• What about other plans?
PRACTICE THE PLAN
• Reminds you of the plan
• Ensures it works
• Helps identify changes (e.g. new phone number, brother has moved)
PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS
HAVE A KIT!
2010 Airdrie Train Derailment
47,000+ Albertans might have needed evacuation
IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM IN YOUR KIT, WHAT SHOULD IT BE?
• Water!
• $5 - $10 for a jug
• Can you run with a jug?
• Backpack with small bottles
WHAT ELSE?
• Flashlight
• Radio to hear emergency information/alerts
• Cash (small bills)
• Toilet Paper
• Toiletries
• Food? You can go for days without it!
• Cell phone charger
• Flash Drive with important papers/copies
ADD A CHECKLIST
• If you only have 5 minutes to evacuate, what do you bring?
• Pictures / computer
• Heirlooms and mementos
• Medications / prescription
• Jewelry and valuables
• Keys/wallet/purse/glasses (easy to forget!)
• Appropriate clothing for the weather
• STAPLE TO YOUR BACKPACK!
CLOTHES AND BLANKETS?
• Why buy stuff you will never use?
• Take old blankets and favourite sweaters and put in a bag.
• Commercial kits often have trinkets like a whistle, glow-stick and compass.
• Consider your camping gear for cooking
THOSE DEPENDANT ON YOU
• Children
• Pets
• Elderly
• Dependent adults
• Temporary situations – crutches, pregnancy, visitors
• A separate bag and/or list may be required
BE INFORMED
• Listen to the radio, watch media reports
• Monitor Twitter, Facebook, municipal
websites
• Sign up for Alberta Emergency Alert
• Talk to municipal officials
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“I NEVER EXPECTED IT TO HAPPEN TO ME!”
• Reporter in Australia with the Brisbaine Floods
• Had the 72 hour kit and got to the evacuation centre.
• Diapers, baby formula, toys, blankets in a well-prepared kit.
HER KIDS WERE IN COLLEGE!
PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS
2013 Edmonton Condo Fire
200 evacuated, 25 out for days/weeks
THIS IS FOR YOUR FAMILY
• Does it matter if it is one house or a thousand?
• Being singed is more likely than being directly impacted.
• Studies have shown, if you don’t get the water today, you won’t do it at all.
FOUR PARTS
• Know the Risks
• Have a 72 Hour Kit
• Create a Plan for Your Family / Practice the Plan
• Be Informed
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Thank you!
http://www.aema.alberta.ca/personal_emergency_preparedness.cfm