Disaster Readiness

Be ready for public health threats. These can involve natural disasters, disease outbreaks, accidents with unsafe substances or terrorist attacks.

These can be hard to predict and are out of your control. But you can take steps now to help keep your family safe.

Steps to take now:

• Make a family plan.Choose a friend or a family member who lives out of town to reach in an emergency. Your family can text or call this person to let them know they are safe.
• Have important phone numbers on hand. Include emergency contacts, fire and police departments, and a local hospital.
• Make a kit. Add food, water, cash, first aid items, a flashlight, a radio, a multi-purpose tool, medications, health care items, ID cards, cell phone with chargers, map of the area, a blanket, and sanitation goods like bleach.
• Know where to goif you need to leave your home. Choose a meeting place in your neighborhood, a spot just outside of your neighborhood, and a place out of town.
• Download smart phone apps. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has an app that gives alerts as well as crisis safety details.
• Sign up on the American Red Cross Safe and Well website. This lets others know you are okay if there is a disaster. Call 1-866-GET-INFO If you do not have internet access.

Keep your contact information updated so we can reach you in an emergency. You can do this through CareSource MyLife.