Get Involved

Know the resources around you, including agencies and groups that provide safety training. Be a resource to someone else who may need help preparing. During a major disaster we will depend on each other.

• Get trained
  • CPR
  • Basic sanitation
  • Know and refresh your emergency kit [PDF]
• Help a neighbor, help a friend, spread the word
  • Neighborhood Watch
  • Volunteer
    • VOAD
    • Red Cross
    • MRC
    • VIPS
• Get connected with your community
  • Citizen Corps
  • Volunteer Fire Department
• Connect with your neighbors to help each other
  • Talk to your neighbors about how you can work together during an emergency.
  • Find out if anyone has specialized equipment like a power generator, or expertise such as medical knowledge, that might help in a crisis.
  • Decide who will check on elderly or disabled neighbors.
  • Make back-up plans for children in case you can't get home in an emergency.
  • Sharing plans and communicating in advance is a good strategy.