MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES MADISON COUNTY LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM

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MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR
SERVICESMADISON COUNTY LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Planning for Emergencies
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• Emergencies happen.
• It can be a
• Tornado,
• House fire,
• Flood,
• Winter or Wind Storm, or
• even an Earthquake
• No one wants to think about
• disasters, but being prepared for
• an emergency can help protect
• your family.

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Are you prepared for an emergency?

• Even though local, state and federal agencies
  have plans to protect the public, YOU are
  responsible for your own safety, even in an
  emergency.
• Families should be prepared to be on their own
  for 5-7 days.
• 1. Create a Plan
• 2. Create a Kit
• 3. Listen for Information

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1. Create a Plan

• Your plan should be developed to include how you
  will contact each other should an emergency occur
  during the day when everyone is in different
  locations.
• It is important to include your extended family
  in your plan. Who will check on elderly family
  members that are not in your household?
• Choose an out-of-town friend or family member,
  preferably in a different area code.

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• To begin
• Complete the Insert Card Family Plan
• Make copies of your family plan.
• Keep in your childrens back pack
• File with your childs school and/or Day
• Care Setting
• Keep a copy in your purse, wallet, auto, at work
  and a copy at home in the envelope provided to
  you at this training.

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• Store important contact numbers in your cell
  phone by identifying the number as ICE1,
  ICE2,ICE3 etc. Emergency responders will use
  these numbers to contact your family for you in a
  medical emergency. ICE stands for In Case of
  Emergency.
• Plan for two situations, staying home or leaving.

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Sheltering in Place

• Should the emergency require you to shelter in
  place, follow the instructions given.
• In the event of a chemical spill, you must shut
  all windows doors and turn off your heat and/or
  air conditioner as instructed.
• Close all air vents and fire place dampers.
• If instructed, seal doors, windows and air vents
  with heavy plastic and duct tape.
• Stay in place until you are informed all is clear.

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Evacuation

• You may need to evacuate. You may not have time
  to gather kit supplies. That is why it is
  important to have your kit prepared ahead of
  time.
• The Red Cross may not be able to respond for
  several days. It will be necessary for you to
  take your emergency kit and your envelope with
  you when you evacuate if time allows. Your family
  will need the supplies at the shelter.

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• Flood waters usually rise very quickly. It is
  life saving safety to avoid any water that covers
  a road or bridge.
• TURN AROUND, DONT DROWN!!

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• Know where to go if you have to leave.
• Madison County has prepared for sheltering at
  the Methodist Church in Fredericktown and the
  Baptist Church in Marquand.
• The shelter also serves as the emergency recovery
  site. By reporting to the shelter, your family
  is accounted for, you are registered as a victim
  of the event and will be kept informed of the
  recovery process.
• Even if you go to family or friends, it is
  important to register with the established
  shelter personnel.

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• Should you be told to evacuate, follow the
  directions given. If the emergency is due to a
  chemical spill, you and your familys life will
  depend on following the directions given. In the
  event of a chemical spill, you will be routed
  around and upwind of the spill. So it is
  imperative that the directions given be followed.
• Complete the Search Rescue Notice and place on
  your front door if time allows.

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• 
  MADISON COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE FORM
• 
  
  RESCUER ______________
• DATE LEFT __________________ SEARCH AND RESCUE
  NOTICE RESCUER DATE_________
• Head of Household
• 911 Address
• Mailing Address (if different from 911 Address)
• Home Telephone Number
• Cell Phone Number
• Alternate Contact Number (Where you are
  evacuating to)
• Family is Evacuating to ? Fredericktown
  Methodist Church ? Marquand Methodist
  Church ? Madison Medical Center (to seek
  medical care)
• ? Other
  (List if Known) _________________________
• 
  
  RESCUER
  ______________

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• Add non family/household members who are
  evacuating with you

NAME OF EACH FAMILY MEMBER SEX AGE AGE INJURIES Family member not with you Location is (Circle)
NAME OF EACH FAMILY MEMBER M OR F AGE AGE Circle Family member not with you Location is (Circle)
        YES NO Work School Other
        YES NO Work School Other
        YES NO Work School Other
        YES NO Work School Other
        YES NO Work School Other
        YES NO Work School Other
        YES NO Work School Other
Utilities Shut Off Utilities Shut Off Utilities Shut Off      
Electricity Electricity Electricity YES NO YES NO YES NO
Gas Gas Gas YES NO YES NO YES NO
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2. Prepare a Kit

• Prepare a kit for home, car, and work. Prepare
  for 5 to 7 days.
• Basic supplies should include
• 1 gallon of water per day per person in your
  household or workplace. This should include 1
  gallon of water per day per household pet.
• To purify water for drinking purposes as an
  alternative water source, you will add 2 drops of
  household unscented chlorine bleach to one quart
  of water and let stand for 30 minutes. If the
  water is cloudy or murky, you must double the
  bleach to each quart. This stored water will
  need to be changed out every six months.

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• Flashlight(s) and extra batteries
• Battery powered radio and extra batteries
• Prescription medicine
• First-aid kit
• Canned and/or dried food. Focus on ready to eat
  foods. Snack items and high protein foods. If
  you have a special diet, you will need to be
  careful of the food items you choose.
• Alternate cooking sources such as BBQ grills or
  camp stoves can be beneficial in an emergency.
  Do not use these items indoors.

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• Include items such as manual can opener, utility
  knife or multipurpose knife kits.
• Trash bags are also important.
• Sleeping bag for each family member
• Your home kits can be stored in large containers
  or in 5 gallon buckets. For portability purposes
  it is important to think of weight when packing
  items in containers.

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• Car and work kit should contain a smaller portion
  of the items listed for your home kit.
• Back packs are a convenient way to store your car
  and work kits.
• It is important to check your food supplies for
  dates. A way to rotate the food is when you buy
  something in your kit, use the kit item and
  replace with the new purchased food.
• Also, should their be a food recall, check your
  kit for these food items as well as your pantry.

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• In the event of an emergency that includes power
  outages, filling stations, banks, ATMs and
  grocery stores may not be operational.
• Cash
• Keep your car/truck gas tank full when at all
  possible.
• For earthquake preparedness, strap down large
  items which may topple over during an earthquake,
  such as the hot water heater, shelves and avoid
  placing heavy items that cannot be secured on
  upper shelves.

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3. Listen for Information

• Listen for information about what to do and where
  to go during an actual emergency.
• Madison County has a public information line with
  recorded information. This line is updated as
  new information is available. The number is
  783-4539.
• FM Radio stations for information will be at 98.5
  KTJJ and 95.9 Froggy.
• In emergencies, it is impossible for the
  Emergency Management Team to call each radio
  station in our listening area.

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What to do when you are informed the county is
under a storm watch

• When the National Weather Service issues a storm
  watch, this means the threat of a weather event
  is possible.
• Gather your emergency information.
• Check that your emergency supplies are together,
  radio and flashlight batteries are working.
• Talk with family members about your emergency
  family plan.
• Listen for further storm developments.
• In the event of a tornado watch, if you do not
  have a basement, this is the time to go to
  family, friends or a neighbor that has a basement.

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What to do when you are informed the county is
under a storm warning

• Follow your family plan
• Follow the directions given from the radio or
  television services.
• Do not attempt to seek alternate sheltering
  outside of your home when a storm warning is
  issued.
• For a tornado, go to the lowest level of your
  home, or an interior windowless room, such as a
  closet or bathtub. Place a mattress over your
  body for additional protection.

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Following a Disaster

• Make the calls necessary to assure your familys
  safety.
• Do not use telephones or cell phones beyond your
  family plan contact needs. Should cell service
  be down or limited, try texting.
• Your local emergency responders use these same
  services to respond to an emergency.
• Over use of cell phone service will shut down
  communications for everyone.

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Following a Disaster

• Do not call 911 unless you have an emergency.
• Do not go to the disaster area. This also
  impedes rescue operations and you can become
  someone in need of being rescued.

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Following a Disaster

• Should your home be involved in a disaster, there
  are guidelines available to assist you in
  sanitizing contaminated items you can salvage.
  The information is always available at the
  Madison County Extension Office and the Health
  Department.
• When cleaning up after a disaster
• 1. Call your insurance company first
• 2. Take pictures before you clean or fix
  anything
• 3. Keep all receipts of thing you purchase or
  bills you have from contractors.

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Following a Disaster

• 4. Where gloves, heavy boots, long sleeves and
  pants to protect your body from cuts, scraps and
  other injuries.
• 5. Do not attempt to enter your home that has
  standing water in it IF the electric is still
  turned on.
• 6. Do not turn utilities back on. Contact your
  utility provider. They will inspect the
  connections and restore the service for you.

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Following a Disaster

• 7. In warm weather be careful of snakes that may
  have entered your home during a flood and also
  when picking up debris.
• 8. It is important not to enter a structure that
  may be unstable.
• 9. With high wind events, be cautious of trees
  and limbs which may fall on you.
• 10. Following an earthquake, do not re-enter a
  building until you have assurance the building is
  safe. It is important to remember after shocks
  can be just a severe as the original earthquake.

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UTILITY SHUT OFF

• Do you know where your utility shut off is
  located?
• Electric and Gas as well as water systems may
  need to be shut off in an emergency event.
• If you turn off any utility, do not turn the
  systems back on until they are checked by the
  utility provider.

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Madison County Call Before YouBURN
Call 573-783-4539 Before You Start a Fire.
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Become a Registered Volunteer

• Following an event, volunteers are the key point
  to the recovery process.
• Madison County has a local volunteer database.
• Complete the volunteer registration form included
  in this packet and return to the Health
  Department.
• Go online to the ShowMe website to register as a
  Madison County volunteer in the State of Missouri
  Volunteer Registry. https//www.showmeresponse.org

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DISCUSSION

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