Emergency Preparation
and Response Plan
Family Home Evening Lessons
“If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear.”
D&C 38:30
Emergency Preparation and Response Plan
Family Home Evening Lessons
Tab #1
Lesson #1
Introducing the Community Emergency Preparation
and Response Plan to your family
Tab #2
Lesson #2
Make a Plan for your family in the event of a fire or
emergency situation
Tab #3
Lesson #3
Organize your family documents, compile vital
statistics, fill out important information forms
Tab #4
Lesson #4
Prepare your family financially for an emergency and
how to recover financially from an emergency
Tab #5
Lesson #5
Prepare for a power blackout, heat wave, and
thunderstorm
Tab #6
Lesson #6
Securing your home. Prepare/update a 72-hour kit
Tab #7
Lesson #7
Water Storage
Tab #8
Additional activity ideas and checklists to help prepare
your family for emergency situations
Community
Emergency Preparation and Response Plan
Lesson #1
Outline
In this month’s lesson, your family will have the opportunity to:
1)
Discuss types of potential emergencies that may affect our area;
2)
Discuss the Community Emergency Preparation and Response
Plan;
3)
Discuss what a Street Captain is and who has been assigned as
your family’s Street Captain;
4)
Discuss what will happen in the event of an emergency after your
family has been contacted by your Street Captain.
5)
Do a word search with Emergency Preparation words for an
activity.
6)
Make a dessert using items from your food storage.
What type of emergencies might affect our area?
“Prepare ye, prepare ye for that which is to come,
for the Lord is nigh;”
Doctrine & Covenants 1:12
There are two basic types of emergency events: “developing” and
“catastrophic”. The developing event is an emergency that worsens over
time and has a wider range of severity.
A catastrophic event is an
emergency which is abrupt in timing and acute in severity. The plausible
emergencies to strike our area include the following:
Discuss the following types of events with your family and what each
event may entail. Also discuss the impact that the event may have on
your family and home, for example, in the event of a tornado, our area
would experience extremely strong winds and rain. Our home may
experience a good amount of damage which may require our family to be
relocated to a different location for an extended period.
Fire
Severe Storm
Hazardous material spill
Flooding
Tornado
Earthquake
Mob/Gang violence
Train Wreck
Plane Crash
Biological attack
Nuclear attack
Heat wave
Power Blackouts
Drought
Terrorism
Pandemic
What is the Community Emergency Plan, and how will
our family respond if there is an emergency?
Discuss the Plan that has been developed with your family as outlined
below.
The Community Preparedness Committee could develop a plan to
respond to potential emergencies as follows:
In the event of an emergency:
1. Street Captains will check on area residents and determine extent
of damage and residents’ needs. Street Captains will arrange for
shelter for those in need.
2. Street captains will report residents’ status to the Neighborhood
Captain, who will then report to the Bishop (or designated person).
3. At the time of the emergency, a communications specialist (ideally
a HAM operator) will go to the designated meeting spot and will
coordinate communication to the stake and area using the
prearranged protocols: telephone, radio, and/or messenger.
4. Notify Red Cross for further instruction.
5. Assist with evacuations if needed.
What is a Street Captain and who is our
family’s assigned Street Captain?
The community could break the ward boundaries down to a street
level to allow every area resident to be accounted for by the street
they live on. The street your family lives on has one person, the
Street Captain, who has been trained in how they will respond to
an emergency event, and how they will account for all area
residents on their street.
In the event of an emergency, your
family will need to be in contact with the Street Captain to discuss
the state of your family and any needs you may be experiencing.
Also, if there is an evacuation, the Street Captain will need to make
sure each of the residents and families they have been assigned to
have been accounted for. In the next lesson you will be making a
list of all phone numbers you might need in case of a disaster.
What happens after we contact our
Street Captain?
Once your family has contacted your Street Captain to make sure
he knows you and your family are accounted for, your needs will
be assessed, then all area residents’ status will be reported to the
Neighborhood Captains. Your family will not need to contact the
Neighborhood Captains, unless you are unable to contact your
Street Captain.
After the status of the residents has been reported to the
Neighborhood Captains, evaluations will be made for further care
needed. Please note who your Neighborhood Captain is now. Next
month you will be adding their information to your list in the event
of an emergency.
Street Captain Information Sheet
Please fill out the following information regarding your family and give this sheet to your
Street Captain to help him compile his information regarding the families he is in charge
of in the event of an emergency. Please include information regarding all members living
in the household, even if they are not an immediate family member.
Family Name: ___________________________________________________________
Address:
___________________________________________________________
Home Phone Number:_____________________________________________________
Members of Household:
Name:
______________________
Cell Phone #: ________________
Name:
______________________
Cell Phone # ________________
Name:
______________________
Cell Phone #: ________________
Name:
______________________
Cell Phone # ________________
Name:
______________________
Cell Phone #: ________________
Name:
______________________
Cell Phone # ________________
Name:
______________________
Cell Phone #: ________________
Name:
______________________
Cell Phone # ________________
Relationship: ________________________
Relationship: ________________________
Relationship: ________________________
Relationship: ________________________
Relationship: ________________________
Relationship: ________________________
Relationship: ________________________
Relationship: ________________________
Emergency Contact Information of persons you may go to in the event of an evacuation
(This could be family, friends, etc):
Name:
______________________ Relationship: ________________________
Phone #:_____________________ Address:
________________________
Name:
______________________ Relationship: ________________________
Phone #______________________ Address:
________________________
Name:
______________________ Relationship: ________________________
Phone #______________________ Address:
________________________
Please list any specific concerns your family may face in an emergency that your Street
Captain should be made aware of. These concerns could include medical conditions,
physical limitations, allergies, etc., that may need special and immediate attention.
Please note the family member the concern relates to as well. ____________________
_________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
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LESSONS
PREPARE
STREET
Honey Wheat Brownies
(Pioneer Recipe)
½ Cup Butter
½ Cup Wheat flour
2 tsp. Vanilla
½ Cup Cocoa
2/3 Cup Honey
½ tsp. Salt
2 Large Eggs
1 Cup chopped nuts (optional)
Cream butter, honey and vanilla. Add eggs and blend well.
Combine flour, cocoa and salt. Gradually beat into creamed
mixture. Stir in nuts. Put in a greased 8 x 13 pan and bake at 350
degrees for 25-30 minutes.