An emergency bag should contain ready-to-eat foods, canned goods, noodles, water, important documents, clothes, a blanket, a battery powered radio, flashlight, walkie talkie, cellphone, extra batteries, powerbank, charger, pocket knife, scissors, first aid kit, toiletries, whistle, and money. It should also include a duplicate key for your house and other properties.
During a disaster, it is important to stay calm, listen to battery powered radio for updates, turn off electrical appliances and utilities if possible, move important items to safety, and listen to emergency services. Expect initial chaos, service disruptions, a range of emotions like fear and anxiety, and communities coming together
An emergency bag should contain ready-to-eat foods, canned goods, noodles, water, important documents, clothes, a blanket, a battery powered radio, flashlight, walkie talkie, cellphone, extra batteries, powerbank, charger, pocket knife, scissors, first aid kit, toiletries, whistle, and money. It should also include a duplicate key for your house and other properties.
During a disaster, it is important to stay calm, listen to battery powered radio for updates, turn off electrical appliances and utilities if possible, move important items to safety, and listen to emergency services. Expect initial chaos, service disruptions, a range of emotions like fear and anxiety, and communities coming together
An emergency bag should contain ready-to-eat foods, canned goods, noodles, water, important documents, clothes, a blanket, a battery powered radio, flashlight, walkie talkie, cellphone, extra batteries, powerbank, charger, pocket knife, scissors, first aid kit, toiletries, whistle, and money. It should also include a duplicate key for your house and other properties.
During a disaster, it is important to stay calm, listen to battery powered radio for updates, turn off electrical appliances and utilities if possible, move important items to safety, and listen to emergency services. Expect initial chaos, service disruptions, a range of emotions like fear and anxiety, and communities coming together
DISASTER, 1. Ready to eat foods such as canned goods, noodles that have long shelf life and water.
2. Important documents such as birth certificate, passport,
and etc.
NO DISASTER 3. Clothes for you to change and blanket
4. Battery powered radio and flashlight, walkie talkie, and a
cellphone
5. Extra Batteries, powerbank, and charger
6.Pocket knife, and scissors
7. First aid kit, and toiletries Do's During a Disaster
8. Whistle to use when you need help.
9. Money in case you need to buy something after the
1. Stay calm, don't panic. disaster. 2. Stay alert of what's happening by 10. Duplicate key of your house and other properties. listening to a battery powered radio.
3.Switch off all electrical and gas
applicances and turn gas and electricity services off at the mains (make sure you know where these are and how to turn them off).
4.Move important items to safety
(upstairs/as high as possible). 5. Listen to the advice of the emergency services and local authorities. DONT'S DURING DISASTER WHAT TO EXPECT DURING A WHAT IS A DISTASTER? DISASTER? A disaster is defined as a "sudden or great 1. Play outside. misfortune" or simply "any unfortunate event." More precisely, a disaster is "an 2. Use your phone to talk to event whose timing is unexpected and When a disaster strikes, it's normal to friends. expect a certain level of chaos and whose consequences are seriously canfusion initially. You might also expect destructive." These definitions identify an 3. Stock up on supplies the disruptions to normal services, like event that includes three elements: electricity, water, and transportation. It's Suddenness. Unexpectedness. day of the disaster. important to have backup plans in place for this situations. 4. Staying outside.
5. Drive.( There may be too
On more personal level, it's normal to feel many hazards on the road.) range of emotions, during disaster - fear, anxiety, even grief. It's important to look 6. Think it's over too soon. after your mental health during these times, and reach out to loved ones or 7. Going near a damaged professionals for support. building. Also, in the aftermath of a disaster, we often see communities coming together to support each other, which can be a powerful thing.