You can call this County organization to get information on how to prepare for an emergency.
What is the County Emergency Management Office
100
These are two examples of social media that helps spread important information.
Any two of the following: Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube, FourSquare, etc.
100
If you are in this type of structure during a tornado, the safest thing to do is get out immediately and go to the lowest floor of a sturdy, nearby building or a storm shelter.
What is a trailer or mobile home?
100
Basic services such as electricity, gas, water, sewage treatment and telephones may be cut off for days or even a week, or longer. This item should be kept in the event those services are out.
What is disaster supply kit?
100
This natural disaster appears as a rotating, funnel-shaped cloud that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground with whirling winds that can reach 300 miles per hour.
What is What is a tornado?
200
This is the name of the organization you can use to find out about current weather, weather hazards, and preparation tips.
What is NWS or NOAA
200
Picking up debris and loose items in your yard help prevent damage from this type of hazard
What is wind?
200
If you are unable to evacuate during a tornado, this is the best place to go.
What is a safe room or basement?
200
You should keep one gallon per person per day of this item.
What is water?
200
To prepare for this natural disaster, secure your water heater, refrigerator, furnace, and gas appliances by strapping them to the wall studs and bolting to the floor.
What is What is an earthquake?
300
Your family may not be together when a disaster strikes. It is important to write and have this in advance.
What is an Emergency Preparedness Plan
300
By doing this mitigation action on houses, windows are best protected from hurricanes.
What is installing permanent storm shutters or boarding them with plywood?.(Both are correct)
300
Pet Owners should familiarize themselves with these locations before a disaster strikes in case of a potential evacuation.
What is identify pet-friendly hotels or shelters?
300
Immediately following a disaster, a community can become easily overwhelmed by the amount of generous people who want to help. This is the best way to help.
What is donating cash or affiliate with existing non-profit organizations before coming to the disaster area? (either answer is correct)
300
Changes in landscape such as patterns of storm-water drainage on slopes (especially the places where runoff water converges), land movement, or progressively leaning trees are all signs of this natural disaster potentially occurring.
What is a landslide?
400
This scale, named after the wind engineer and meteorologist who created it, classifies hurricanes into five categories based on their sustained wind speed at the indicated time.
What is the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale?
400
Proper landscaping and yard design help protect you from this.
What are wildfires?
400
The best disaster supply kits will have food, water, and other supplies to for at least this many hours (or days).
What is 72 hours or three days?
400
This organization is a great place to contact if you want to find out how to volunteer or give a donation after a disaster.
What is the American Red Cross
400
This type of disaster can cause many different types of problems including flooding, storm surge, and wind damage.
What is a hurricane?
500
These are the starting month and ending month for the Atlantic Hurricane Season
What are June 1 through November 30
500
This type of insurance is not usually part of regular homeowners insurance and usually has to be purchased separately
What is Flood Insurance?
500
Volunteers should never do this after a disaster, otherwise they can overwhelm the responders.
What is self-deploy?
500
This is the organization that coordinates disaster recovery with the State and Local organizations on a Federal level.
What is FEMA?
500
This is the #1 most frequent disaster in the State of Florida