General Knowledge
List three different emergencies.
You are at home doing your math homework. Unfortunately, you forgot how to do a math problem. Can you handle this by yourself or should you call 911?
Handle the situation myself.
A friend of yours says hurricanes and earthquakes never happen here, so there is no need to prepare. Provide an argument for why your friend is wrong.
Answer may vary.
How often should you check the batteries in your smoke detectors? How often should you change the batteries?
Check once a month and change once a year.
If you schedule your batteries to be changed with daylight savings they are being changed twice a year.
You are cooking an item in oil on the stove. The stove suddenly catches fire, what steps should you take?
Turn off the stove top, use a metal lid, baking sheet or baking soda to smother the fire. DO NOT THROW WATER on the flames as the fire will spread.
Name one food item which would be good for a disaster supply kit and why? Name one food which would not be good for a disaster supply kit and why?
Answers may vary.
You are playing soccer with your friends. One of your friends fall while trying to block the ball. You go over to see if your friend is ok. Your friend stands and says she is fine, but her knee is bleeding from a scrape. Can you handle this by yourself or should you call 911?
You can handle the situation yourself.
What is the name of the Non profit agency which helps families and communities after disasters?
The Red Cross
A bad thunderstorm causes the power to go out. What items do you need?
Flashlight, Extra batteries, warm blankets (if it is cold outside), battery operated radio. If the power is out for more than a few hours you will need food and water. Leave the refrigerator door closed as much as possible to preserve the cold air.
It has been raining very hard for the last several days. As you are walking you see water covering the road. What do you do?
Turn around, you cannot tell the depth or the speed of the water.
What information will you need to provide when calling 911. List at least 4 things.
Your location
What is the emergency
Your birthdate
You are at your best friend's house. Your friend starts playing with matches. Realizing this is a bad idea, you ask your friend to stop. Your friend replies, ":you worry too much!" and continues playing with matches. You try to talk your friend out of it again, but one of the matches falls out of his hand and onto the couch. The couch is now on fire and growing. Should you call 911 or handle it yourself?
Call 911 immediately.
It is snowing hard and you can't get home. You try calling your family but their cell phones are not working. What should you do?
Use your family emergency communication plan. Call your out--of- state contact to tell him or her where you are and get any information about where your family is. Look around for a police officer or a fire station. If you are near a hospital walk into the hospital and wait. Do not enter a strangers home or accept a ride from someone you do not know.
You are at home when you hear a tornado warning? What should you do?
Go to the lowest level of your home. If you do not have a basement, go to the bathroom or closet near the middle of the lowest floor of your home.
You smell smoke and find a fire burning in your bedroom. What should you do?
Shut the bedroom door and get out of the house. Yell fire to any family members who might still be in the house. Call 911 once you are safely outside and stand away from the house.
What is the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning?
A tornado watch means that it is a possible that a tornado could form.
A tornado warning means a tornado has been sighted and you should take safety measures.
You are at your house with your friend. In the middle of your favorite move, you look out the window and you see that your neighbors house is on fire. Your neighbors have safely exited the building but you wonder if someone if still inside. Your friend recommends you run into the building and make sure no one else is in the building. Afterall you will be heroes. What should you do.
You should call 911 and stay out of the burning building.
You are riding in your car when you see the funnel shape of a tornado. It seems the tornado is coming your way. What should you do?
Never stay under an underpass.
A carbon monoxide alarm
You wake up to find your room is full of smoke. What do you do?
Crouch low to the floor (smoke rises). Take the fastest route out of your home. Check the door with the back of your hand to ensure it is not hot. It the door is hot use another exit. Go to your family meeting place.
If there were to be an emergency in the classroom right now and you had to call 911. How would you describe your location?
At Lawrence Junior High School in room 111.
You are at home with a younger boy. Despite your best efforts to make sure he stays safe, after returning from a quick bathroom visit you find the boy lying on the kitchen floor and an open bottle of bug poison next to him. Which emergency services should you call?
911
During a blizzard you are trapped in your car. Should you stay in your car or get out?
Stay in your car. Stay warm with blankets and use your car disaster supply kit. Keep snow away from the exhaust pipe. Hang a colorful distress flag from the antenna.
A disaster is coming to your area. You and your family have been told to evacuate your home. What should you bring with you?
Take your pets and disaster supply kit: food, water, blankets, flashlight, radio, extra batteries, whistle, first aid kit, toilet paper, wipes., spare clothes, important documents and medicine.
Call 911 to alert them of the down power line. Turn around and use the alternative route you have planned to get home. Do not get out of the car to move or touch the wire.