TAYLOR MOUNTAIN STAKE

WARD EMERGENCY ASSIGNMENTS & PROCEDURES

INITIATION
In event of a catastrophic emergency, individual wards will implement the following procedures.

ASSIGNMENTS
Direction and Information Stake President (Handbook 1: 5.1.3)
Record keeping Clerks and Secretaries (D&C 21:1; Handbook 1: 3.1)
Supplies, equipment, services Bishops (Bishop’s Storehouse, DI, LDS Family Services) (Handbook 1: 5.2.11)
Assessment of church buildings Agent Bishops
Disabilities, special needs Stake Disabilities Committee and Bishops
Security, sanitation, staging areas, transportation Elders Quorum
Compassionate services Relief Society
Child care Primary and Young Women
Runners Young Men

RELIEF SOCIETY PROCEDURES

PREPARATION SUGGESTIONS
1. Prepare grab bags of first aid supplies
2. Keep contact lists of those trained in first aid
3. Participate in Red Cross first aid training
4. Take CERT training
1. Print lists of Ministering assignments
2. Study the mourning process and how to help
3. Learn stress reduction techniques
4. Remember that the rescuer may also be a victim
and often needs comfort
1. Inventory food preparation equipment and fuel
2. Practice alternate methods of cooking
Become familiar with Ward Emergency Plan.
1. Learn ways to protect yourself from disease
2. Have disposable gloves and special disposal bags 1. Close eyes and mouth; cover face
3. Take CERT training
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
Offer minor first aid
1. Help injured to first aid staging area if on-scene
first aid is inadequate
2. Record and report
a. Name and approximate age
b. Location found and location sent
c. Condition and treatment
Give comfort and friendship
1. Observe for signs of emotional shock
2. Watch for reasons to mourn
Offer meals for displaced until official shelters can
1. Give water
2. Prepare simple comfort foods
3. Be aware of common food allergies
Assist as needed with Ward Block Captains in
conducting Neighborhood Assessment Forms.
Look after the deceased
2. Provide identification; take picture if unknown

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ELDERS QUORUM PROCEDURES

PREPARATION SUGGESTIONS EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
Have supplies and tools that may be needed to Manage security, crowd control, animal care
control scared and loose animals 1. Guard staging areas and church property
2. Direct people to appropriate staging areas
3. Protect people from frightened, loose animals
1. Discuss possible sanitation needs Control sanitation
2. Prepare solutions and locate supplies 1. Set up private sanitation area including
a. Privacy tents and portable potties a. Portable potties
b. Hand-washing supplies b. Hand-washing stations
c. Heavy duty garbage bags, colored electrical c. Signage
tape, and markers to identify contents 2. Dispose properly of waste and contaminated
d. Shovels, sand, odor solutions, disinfectant, (blood, body fluids) items
masks, etc.
1. Take CERT training to understand Coordinating with Bonneville County, set up staging
a. Staging areas areas such as:
b. City emergency organization 1. First aid
2. Know where to obtain staging area supplies 2. Communications
a. Tables, chairs, poster boards/cardboard, 3. Child care
and tape 4. Temporary shelter
b. Pavilions/tents, propane heaters, and tarps 5. Cooking and meal
6. Morgue
1. Consider 4-wheelers, carts, horses, etc. Provide transportation
2. Have notebook and pen/pencil 1. Transport supplies and people to staging areas
3. Have 2-way radios 2. Record and report
a. Name and approximate age
b. Location found and location sent
c. Condition and treatment
Have consecrated oil available Give Priesthood blessings and encouragement when
Minister is unavailable
Plan with the Stake Disabilities Committee Assist those with disabilities and special needs when
their Minister is unavailable
1. Have 2-way radios Support Stake President with public information if he
2. Become certified in FCC amateur radio assigns public affairs director/spokesperson
1. Know what can be said and what can’t, getting
approval with responses
2. Protect confidentiality and privacy
3. Record and report
1. Prepare grab bags of first aid supplies Assist RS following RS leadership
2. Keep contact lists of those trained in first aid 1. Help with meal preparation
3. Participate in Red Cross first aid training 2. Offer minor first aid
4. Learn ways to protect yourself from disease 3. Look after the deceased
5. Have disposable gloves and special disposal
bags

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PRIMARY AND YOUNG WOMEN PROCEDURES

PREPARATION SUGGESTIONS EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
1. Prepare grab bags with notebook, pen/pencil, 2- Provide age-group-specific stations for children
way radios, and digital camera 1. Whose parents are injured or deceased
2. Plan to make signs for your stations 2. Whose parents are volunteering
3. Who are lost from their family
1. Know where you can obtain Provide care for children
a. Water and snacks 1. Comfort and reassure
b. Bottles, milk/formula, and baby food 2. Provide water and snacks as needed
c. Diapers, underwear, and clothing 3. Direct activities to help distract and comfort
d. Comfort items: stuffed animal, toys, music, a. Read stories
books, etc. b. Play games
e. Blankets and portable cribs c. Hold and hug
2. Prepare age-appropriate activities
1. Take CERT training to understand Provide protection
a. Staging areas 1. Keep them in specified, safe area
b. City emergency organization 2. Record and report (names, age, time, etc.)
2. Participate in Red Cross first aid training a. Who comes in
b. Who goes out
3. Release children only to authorized family
YW assist YM as runners

YOUNG MEN PROCEDURES

PREPARATION SUGGESTIONS EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
1. Prepare grab bags with Become runners
a. Notebook and pen/pencil 1. Seal confidential messages in envelopes
b. Envelopes for messages 2. Protect confidentiality and privacy
c. 2-way radios
d. Digital camera
2. Complete radio communications, first aid, and
emergency preparation training
3. Become certified in FCC amateur radio
1. Take CERT training to understand Check in at staging areas to assist Bishopric, RS, EQ,
a. Staging areas Primary, and YW as needed
b. City emergency organization
2. Participate in Red Cross first aid training

•Care should be exercised so emergency planning does not promote fear. Mock emergency exercises should not be conducted.
•During an emergency, Church leaders make the services of the Church available to civil authorities. Church leaders also take
independent action in behalf of Church members as needed.
•With approval from a member of the Presidency of the Seventy or the Area Presidency, Church buildings (except temples) may be
used as shelters, first-aid stations, feeding locations, and recreation centers during emergencies. Stake and ward council
members ensure that those using the buildings observe Church standards of conduct, including the Word of Wisdom, while they
are in the buildings.
•During an emergency, the stake president oversees public information that is released locally by the Church. He ensures that it
is accurate and timely. He may respond to questions from the media, or he may assign a stake public affairs director or assistant
to do so. He may also serve as the local Church spokesman, or he may designate a spokesperson. The stake president reviews and
approves all news releases given by the spokesperson. He also gives proper recognition to civil authorities and relief agencies.
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