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- The document discusses the importance of family preparedness for disasters by maintaining health, having an emergency plan and supplies, and knowing first aid. Some key recommendations include having vaccinations and practicing hand washing to stay healthy, creating an emergency contact card, storing at least a two week supply of non-perishable food and three days of water, and tailoring emergency kits to individual family needs. Being prepared at home is the best protection for families during disasters.

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Pfe Family Preparedness

- The document discusses the importance of family preparedness for disasters by maintaining health, having an emergency plan and supplies, and knowing first aid. Some key recommendations include having vaccinations and practicing hand washing to stay healthy, creating an emergency contact card, storing at least a two week supply of non-perishable food and three days of water, and tailoring emergency kits to individual family needs. Being prepared at home is the best protection for families during disasters.

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Family Prepare for Everywhere:

Preparedness
Planning what to do before a disaster
strikes is the best protection for you
and your family.

Family Preparedness
• Healthy Families: • First Aid
Families that practice good
health behaviors are more likely & CPR:
to remain healthy during a
disaster and disaster recovery.

• Vaccinations: Take Training in first aid


and CPR. Knowing how
make sure everyone to spot symptoms and
knowing how to perform
has the vaccinations emergency aid can save
they need. a life.

• Hand Washing:
Wash your Wash hands
When water is before preparing
hands with soap not available, use
and warm water or eating food and
alcohol-based after going to the
for 20 seconds. hand sanitizers. bathroom.

Have a Plan.
Only 39 % of Americans have developed an
emergency plan and discussed it with their family.

• Know which disasters are common in


your area and how to prepare your
home and family.

• Know when you should


shelter-in-place and
where the safest place
• Learn community
warning signs and in your home is during
how to react to different emergencies.
different alerts.

• Find escape routes in your home


and evacuation routes in your
community. Practice using these
routes with your family.

• In case of an emergency, carry an emergency contact card so


that responders know how to get in touch with your loved ones:
• Emergency Contact Card:
• Name
• Special
& other needs, imformation
important medical conditions, allergies,
• Date of Birth
• Home Phone
• Emergency Contact
• Out-of-town Contact
• Phone Number

• Keep the emergency contact card in your wallet, purse, or


children’s backpack.

Gather Emergency Supplies.

• 48 percent of Americans do not have


emergency supplies for a disaster.

•
extra batteries
• Your emergency •
flashlight
kit should include: •
extra cellphone charger
•
first aid kit
•
personal documents

Emergency Supply of Food


• Store enough food to
feed everyone in your
home for 2 weeks, and

don’t forget
a can opener!

• Choose foods that


you eat need no require no and require
regularly, refrigeration, preparation, no cooking.

Emergency Supply of Water.

• 3 day supply = 1 gallon


• Have at least per person per day
a 3-day water (including pets).
supply for
each person in
your home.

Your Family is Unique. Your


Emergency Kit Should Be Too.
Gather items in your emergency kit
specific to your family’s needs like,

medication, asthma eye glasses, important baby toys or


inhaler, documents, formula and games for
diapers,
children.

U.S. Department of For more information visit:


Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease
emergency.cdc.gov/npm.
Control and Prevention

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