EMERGENCY PLANNING AND HELPERS
The Red Cross is the oldest and most experienced source of knowledge about emergency preparation. In addition, it is important to look at the Next of Kin Emergency Project (NOKEP) web site which has instructions for creating a family plan of contacts during emergencies. Listed below are
links which will take you to web sites of interest for your emergency planning.
AMERICAN RED CROSS (www.REDC ROSS.ORGl2 C3 data2) web site is full of interesting and informative subjects. Listen to the short audio presentation Red Cross Ready. Get the latest news on the work the Red Cross is doing in current disasters. Most important: read about Red Cross suggestions
for a plan for your family.
NEXT OF KIN EMERGENCY PROJECT www.nokep.org. NOKEP has a plan that will help you to make your family safer in 15 minutes. Steps show you how to create a list of people who need to be informed, then establish a network with a family or friend coordinator or coordinators with whom family members know to stay in touch in the event of an emergency. We all saw on TV the tragedy of families separated by Hurricane Katrina with no way to get in touch and no knowledge of where adults or children had been moved.
HOMELAND SECURITY (WWW.ready.gov) An educational web site that gives you the many ways that Homeland Security interacts with local and state organizations in emergencies. Also has much information about planning for emergencies for your household, including the threat of a terrorist attack.
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY or FEMA (www.fema.gov) Learn more about one of the most famous (or infamous) examples of a federal agency in trouble. A frank and open discussion of the role FEMA played in the Hurricane Katrina aftermath, we well as the changes that have been made to correct their shortcomings.
source of weather facts, including the current status of violent and destructive storms that are currently threatening the US. Many educational definitions and maps of all types of weather.
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