Disaster Preparedness:Plans That Save your Family

By: Anna LavelleBy: Anna Lavelle

Before Haiti’s Earthquake

Haiti’s beautiful palace before horrid earthquake

After Haiti’s Earthquake

Haiti’s palace after deadly earthquake!

Before Hurricane Katrina

Lakeshore Baptist Church before Katrina

After Hurricane Katrina

Lakeshore Baptist Church after Katrina!

Introduction Into SafetyIntroduction Into Safety

Have you ever wondered what to do in a time of disaster? Have you felt stressed, scared, or frazzled? There can be a way to change that or prevent it from happening. You and your family can create a kit and a plan to be ready for whenever disaster strikes.

My GoalMy Goal

My over-all goal in this project is My over-all goal in this project is toto convince families that it is not convince families that it is not hard to keep a disaster kit and make hard to keep a disaster kit and make a disaster plan and it can be life-a disaster plan and it can be life-saving. I want families to be safe and saving. I want families to be safe and prepared.prepared.

Disaster KitsDisaster KitsDisaster kits are a very important

part to being prepared for natural disaster. Disaster kits are basically a kit with all the necessities to survive.

Here is a conceptual map of a disaster kit:

AVERAGE KIT

You may need babysupplies such as:

diapers, baby wipes,formula, etc.

You may need suppliessuch as:

crayons or coloring books for younger

Children.

Start into Disaster PlansStart into Disaster Plans

SUCCESS

PRACTICE PLAN

DELEGATE JOBS TO FAMILY MEMBERS

CREATE AN EXIT PLAN

CHOSE A PLACE TO MEET

Disaster Plans are second stepInto being prepared. They are Used when in the midst of aDisaster so everyone in Your family knows what Do in time of disaster.

Chose a Place to MeetChose a Place to MeetThe first step into a disaster plan is

choosing a place to meet in your area. It is crucial to make sure your family knows where to meet in the time of a disaster.

Our house----------------------------------------------------------

X= meeting spot

= houses

House

Create an Exit PlanCreate an Exit Plan

The next step into creating a Disaster Plan is to create an exit plan. An exit plan is deciding what exits in your house that people can use depending on where they are. It is important for everyone to know what exit they should go to.

You go out the back door if you are in Hanna’s room

You go out the back door if you are in Hanna’s room

Delegating Jobs to Family Delegating Jobs to Family MembersMembers

When you delegate jobs to family members you will choose who (ex) will carry the disaster kit, who will hold the door (an older person who will be able to hold it), and who will call 911.

Practice PlanPractice Plan

Practice plan is what it sounds like. Practicing the plan that you made!!

THEN YOU HAVE SUCCESS!!!

Let Them Know!Let Them Know!Make the idea of a disaster kit spread

on and on. Everyone can be safe and you can make creating a plan and a kit fun for the family!