The Prepared Home

Developing a short term family emergency plan

This report contains 12 sections, spread over 50 pages.

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SECTION ONE - What do you need to plan for?
Risk assessment
Possible problems
What things do you need to include in your disaster plan?

SECTION TWO - The planning process
Getting started
Getting others involved
What do you have to start with?
Setting goals
Setting up your plan
Ideas for things to include in your plan

SECTION THREE - Dealing with specific problems
Fire prevention
Fire fighting
Flood-proofing your home
Storms
Winter storms
Chemical emergencies within the home
Outside hazardous chemical incidents that affect the home
Power cuts or blackouts

SECTION FOUR - Keeping in touch
Keeping in touch with rest of household
Keeping in touch with what is happening
Ideas for how to stay in touch

SECTION FIVE - Evacuation
What is meant by evacuation?
Escape plan
Where are you going to go to?
How to get there?
What should you have ready to take with you?
Other things to remember

SECTION SIX - Keeping well
First aid
Health
Medical records

SECTION SEVEN - Seeing where you are going
Candles
Torches
Gas lamps
Oil lamps
Lightsticks (glowsticks)
Solar powered lights

SECTION EIGHT - Keeping warm
Possible problems with your usual heating system
Other sources of heat that could be permanently fitted
Other sources of heat that could be used temporarily
Other ideas on how to stay warm at home

SECTION NINE - Legal and financial matters
Keeping important documents safe
Insurance
Household inventory
Making sure cash is available

SECTION TEN - Checklists of useful equipment
Why is something useful?
How will to carry it all?
Storing it all

SECTION ELEVEN - Things to remember as return to normal
Dealing with others
Checking your property
Dealing with the insurance company

SECTION TWELVE - Conclusion
Reviewing your plan
The last word

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