Its Smart - Smart911.

 Hi All,

I recently received an advertisement at home explaining Smart911.  Basically the website allows citizens to create a free safety profile for their household using the site, Smart911.com.

Information is entered and can be useful for 911 call takers in the event of an emergency.  Details can include the names and photos of all family members, medical conditions of various members, allergies, names of pets, and emergency contacts for family members.

For further information call 516-571-6000.   Click this link for an FAQ from the Smart911 website. Click on this link for resources near community that assist Smart911.

Finally, to sign up for Smart911 alerts.

Hopefully you won't need the site, but if you do have an emergency, Smart911 might be a good resource to use at home!

Regards,
Stu

Disaster Preparedness Kits

Hi All,

Disaster preparedness kits (DPK).  We've all heard about them from either radio, tv or magazines and books.  But what actually good are they?  Well, they are great resources when you need to leave your house at a moments notice because of some natural emergency (think flood, fire, tornado, hurricane, etc...)

Ready.gov is a great place to start planning for an emergency.  Besides for DPK's, there are links for making a plan during an emergency, and to learn what protective measures to take before, during and after an emergency.

Click on this next link to learn about building a basic DPK. Also, click here about how to maintain your DPK so that you you'll have the necessary supplies when you need them.

Fema is an excellent place to learn about emergencies and how to survive them.  Click on this link to learn - again - how to put together a DPK.  This next link is a document that opens in Adobe's pdf format.  It is basically an emergency supply list that you can check off.  Good stuff!  Fema also created this video on how to create a DPK. 

And not to be outdone the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has created this next page titled Emergency Preparedness and Response.  This is an extensive summary of everything you need to know about DPK's. 

And for readers who want to see the article that got me thinking about DPK's and using the idea for a blog entry, click on this link from the DIYNetwork.com.  

Finally, you can go on the web and buy a DPK if you don't (or can't) prepare one for yourself.  Click on either of these links to visit sites where you can buy a DPK.  EmergencyKits or Costco Wholesale American Preparedness Kit.

Regards,
Stu

Extreme Weather Means Extreme Planning

Hi All,

I suspect that you all know that LI i susceptible to hurricanes...well, the official start of the hurricane season starts in a few weeks (starts June 1st) and continues through November.

Because of the heavy rain this morning I was thinking about flooding - add to the fact that the Mississippi is overflowing its banks out west and well, you can understand why I'm thinking about emergency preparedness and planning. Hence this blog entry. Not too much fun to think about but it is practical, helpful, and a very timely topic.

A very, very good place to start to do research on emergency's is the Nassau County Department of Emergency Management website. Click here to visit the site.

The site is useful for its links to Emergency Preparedness, a Disaster Checklist, Hurricane Preparedness links, (click here for the Hurricane Preparedness Brochure) Evacuation Routes, Hurricane Evacuation Shelters and more.

All of these link are located on the left side of the screen - and, as of the date that I wrote this entry, were in a blue box - and under the Emergency Preparedness link in the box. Click on each topic above to link to that particular page on the Nassau County site.

I'm going to go into a bit of detail for the Disaster Checklist category that I mentioned above. It is a pretty helpful link -and it is interesting and timely. Click here for the particular link.

On this page, you'll find a section for 'Preparing a Home' in case of a emergency - including a home emergency plan, disaster supply kit, and meeting place. Another section of the page has a list for a Disaster Checklist, links to the American Red Cross, links to the Nassau County Police, and a link to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Click here for a list of Emergency Contact phone numbers on a local, state, and national level. It might be good for a quick reference type guide.

And....at a future date, I do plan to a blog entry talking about FEMA and Floodsmart.gov

Enjoy -but I hope you don't have to use these links any time soon!

Stu

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