National Preparedness Month

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National Preparedness Month is recognized each September to promote family and community disaster planning now and throughout the year.

Learn More About NPM.

The City of Rolling Estates is ready to help prepare you and your family with the necessary resources and activities to properly plan for a disaster.

Use the resources on this National Preparedness Month page to help you:

Create an emergency plan for your family.
Build an emergency supply kit.
Prepare for different types of disasters.
Teach your children about being prepared for an emergency situation.

The goal of National Preparedness Month is to create a secure and resilient Nation with the capabilities required across the whole community to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk to the area we live in.

Each week of the month will offer a new theme, with activities and resources you can use.

To learn more about National Preparedness Month, and for additional emergency preparedness resources, visit FEMA's website or Ready.gov's website.

Week 1: Make your Plan

Make A Plan

Make a plan today. Your family may not be together if a disaster strikes, so it is important to know which types of disasters could affect your area. Know how you’ll contact one another and reconnect if separated. Establish a family meeting place that’s familiar and easy to find.

Step 1: Put a plan together by discussing the questions below with your family, friends or household to start your emergency plan.

How will I receive emergency alerts and warnings?
What is my shelter plan?
What is my evacuation route?
What is my family/household communication plan?
Do I need to update my emergency preparedness kit?
Check with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and update my emergency plans due to Coronavirus.
- Get masks (for everyone over 2 years old), disinfectants, and check my sheltering plan.

Step 2: Consider specific needs in your household.

As you prepare your plan tailor your plans and supplies to your specific daily living needs and responsibilities. Discuss your needs and responsibilities and how people in the network can assist each other with communication, care of children, business, pets or specific needs like operating medical equipment. Create your own personal network for specific areas where you need assistance. Keep in mind some these factors when developing your plan:

Different ages of members within your household
Responsibilities for assisting others
Locations frequented
Dietary needs
Medical needs including prescriptions and equipment
Disabilities or access and functional needs including devices and equipment
Languages spoken
Cultural and religious considerations
Pets or service animals
Households with school-aged children

Step 3: Fill out a Family Emergency Plan

Download and fill out a family emergency plan or use it as a guide to create your own.

Family Emergency Communication Plan

Step 4: Practice your plan with your family/household

Preparedness Materials

Create Your Family Emergency Communication Plan in English or Additional Languages

Family Communication Plan Fillable Card in English or

Additional Languages

Know Your Alerts and Warnings in English or

Additional Languages

12 Ways to Prepare in English or

Additional Languages

Document and Insure Your Property in English or

Additional Languages

Safeguard Critical Documents and Valuables in English

Week 1: Activities

Week 2: Financial Resilience in an Emergency

Emergency preparedness is more than gathering household items and comforts to survive outside of your home. Emergency preparedness includes preparing financially for the impacts a disaster or emergency can have on you, your family, your property, and your home.

When making an emergency supply kit, note these tips:

Have cash on hand, specifically small bills and coins, as it will be difficult to make change for larger bills.
Put copies of your various medical and property insurance papers in your kit.
Keep important insurance documents and other vital financial records in a secure location that is ideally waterproof and fireproof.

Financial preparedness for emergencies and disasters takes time. Today is the perfect day to begin.

Watch the video below and explore the links below for more information and activities on how to start.

Download these helpful information guides:

Emergency Financial First Aid Kit

Be Prepared for a Financial Emergency

Your Disaster Checklist--Financial Emergency

Kid's Activities

Watch this video: Family Communications Plan and Emergency Kits for Kids

Play the Build a Kit Video Game

Week 3: Natural Disasters and Public Health

Disasters can happen at any time and any place, including during a pandemic. Do you know what you and your family would do if you had to suddenly leave your home during the pandemic? The article below has great information on how to prepare for an emergency during a pandemic, specifically wildfires.

Activities

Preparing is easy when you do it in small steps. Download and print this "21 Weeks to Prepare" checklist and keep it handy on your refrigerator.

Kid's Activities

Los Angeles County Fire Department Coloring Book

Play the Disaster Master video game

Week 4: Are you Ready?

So, you have hopefully now spent the last three weeks preparing your home, your family, and your workplace for an emergency. Are you ready to take the test and see how you did?

Activity

There are no right or wrong answers here, just honest feedback based on information you provide about your emergency preparedness plans. Take the American Red Cross Quiz for Families today