Hazards
It includes wildfires, earthquakes, and floods.
What is Natural?
Creating this before an emergency or disaster will help your family know what to do.
What is a Family Emergency Plan?
What could happen with Disruption of Emergency Services/Utilities
Longer Response Times
Incident Prioritization
Immediate threats to life/public safety)
It includes chemical, biological, and nuclear.
What is Terrorism (or Intentional?)
Contents of an Emergency Kits
–Water (1 gallon per person per day)
–Food (3-day supply of nonperishables)
–First-Aid/Medicine (pack everyone’s prescriptions)
–Special Needs (baby food, pet food)
Name some Disruption/Destruction of Infrastructure
Unsound Bridges
Downed Power/Telephone lines (Cell Towers too)–Broken Water/Sewer Lines
It includes hazardous spills and nuclear power plant accidents.
What is Technological and Accidental?
Identify most common disasters that occur or could occur in Stafford County and its surrounding areas
Flooding
Wind Damage
Fires
Identify possible disasters that could have the most severe impact on Stafford County?
Hurricane with flooding and winds
Critical failure at Lake Anna
Dirty bomb detonated in D.C
Strap these types of homes to their slabs.
mobile homes
Name 2 other types for Disasters.
Pandemics
Home Fires
Doing this will help you be prepared for what might happen in your community.
Identifying Hazards.
This is what you do to prevent furniture and equipment from falling.
Anchor heavy furniture and equipment
Elements of Disaster
They are relatively unexpected
Emergency personnel may be overwhelmed
Lives, health, property and the environment are endangered