Wildfires have recently struck parts
of the U.S. forcing many residents to leave their homes. These fires can occur
at any time throughout the year, but the potential is always higher during
periods of little to no rainfall, which make grass and trees burn more easily.
When a wildfire threatens your
area, the best action to protect yourself and your family is to evacuate early
to avoid being trapped. The America’s PrepareAthon! How to Prepare for a Wildfire guide offers
valuable information to protect your family during a wildfire. On page five of the guide, you’ll find tips
to help you prepare for an evacuation, including:
- Know your community’s evacuation plan and identify several escape routes in case roads are blocked;
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Keep your car fueled and in good condition. Keep emergency supplies and a change of clothes in your car; and
- Make arrangements now if you will need to share transportation or use public transportation.
If you drive during an evacuation
and there is smoke, drive carefully because visibility may be reduced. Also,
keep your headlights on and watch for other vehicles and fleeing wildlife.
Take disaster preparedness to
the next level. Download the new Wildfire Safety Toolkit from the Ready campaign and America’s
PrepareAthon! to share wildfire safety tips with family and friends today!
What can you do with three minutes and $100,000?
According to the Federal
Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH), you could have the “last house
standing.”
“Last
House Standing” is FLASH’s exciting new mobile gaming application
(app) that provides the ultimate design and disaster challenge! To begin,
players are given three minutes and $100,000 to build a stylish and durable
home in a virtual community. At the end of the challenge, a natural disaster
strikes the neighborhood and the home is scored for flair and survivability.
High scores are displayed on the Master Builder Board.
Get in the game! Download the app today and compete
with friends to become a master builder and have the “last house standing.” It’s
available for free on
Apple and Android
devices.
To learn more about “Last House Standing,” take a
look at this video
clip from FLASH.
This game is also a great way to start the preparedness
conversation with your family! Visit America’s
PrepareAthon for valuable information about earthquakes,
floods,
hurricanes,
tornadoes,
wildfires,
and winter
storms.
The Federal
Emergency Management Agency’s Individual and Community Preparedness Division is
pleased to invite you to a webinar that focuses on practices that will enhance
the experience for CERT participants with disabilities and others with access
and functional needs.
Title: Inclusion of People with Disabilities and
Others with Access and Functional Needs in CERT Programs
Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Time:
3:00 - 4:30 p.m. (ET)
Guest Speakers:
- Gay Jones, FEMA Office of Disability Integration and Coordination (ODIC)
- Kathryn Gerk, Emergency Services Manager, Richmond, CA Fire Department
- Jennifer Fales, Emergency Management Coordinator, Kansas City, MO Office of Emergency Management
How to
Join the Webinar:
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preparedness resources and events and does not endorse any non-federal events,
entities, organizations, services or products. Please let us know about other events
and services for individual and community preparedness that could be included
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