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Organize your
Neighborhood
Training
 Learn simple firefighting techniques.
Learn basic search-and-rescue skills.
Learn to assess yourself, your family and
coworkers for injuries.
Learn to assess your home and workplace for
hazards or damage.
Learn to assess your community for hazards,
needs and available resources.
Contact your local police and fire
departments, city/county Office of
Emergency Services, American Red Cross
chapter or community college to arrange
for speakers and training workshops.
Response teams should arrange to
participate in annual earthquake exercises
sponsored by local government and
businesses.
Inventory Your Neighbors’ Skills
As part of the community response team
planning process, teams should conduct an
inventory of the skills and resources
available at home, work and community.
You should have this information on hand before an earthquake for efficient,
effective responses. |
After an earthquake or other disaster,
emergency response agencies could be
overburdened and might not be able to
get to your neighborhood immediately.
You and your neighbors or coworkers
may need to take the initial emergency
response actions and take care of
others for at least 72 hours. Past
earthquakes have thrust many
untrained people into positions of
providing first aid and rescuing people.
You need to be prepared!
If a response team has not been
organized in your neighborhood or
workplace, form one now. Joining and
forming a community response team
can greatly improve your chances of
surviving an earthquake and can
improve the self-sufficiency of your
neighborhood. |
Identify people who:
- Have medical, electrical, child care, leadership,
firefighting and survival skills.
- Own chain saws, citizens band radios, fourwheel
drive vehicles, motorcycles and water
purifiers.
- Are willing and able to be a runner/bicycler to
deliver messages if telephone lines are down.
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Every home or office has people with
special needs. Your neighborhood
response team should work with these
individuals in advance to determine what
extra assistance or supplies they may
require after an earthquake or other
emergency. Some of the people who may
require special assistance include:
Physically Challenged
Other
- Children who spend time alone at home
- Non-English speaking
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