Be Informed ... Know what may happen and how you can help.

• Learn what disasters or emergencies may occur where you live, work and play.  These events can vary from those affecting only you and your family, like a home fire or medical emergency, to those affecting your entire communty, like a flood or tornado.
• Identify how local authorities will notify you during a disaster and how you will get important information, whether through local radio, TV or NOAA weather radio stations or channels.
• Learn what you can do to prepare for disasters by contactin your local Red Cross chapter to ask about first aid, CPR and disaster training.  Learning simple first aid techiques can five you the skills and confidence to help when someone in your home, your neighborhood or workplace is injured.  When a major disaster occurs, your community can change in an instant.  Loved ones can be hurt, and emergency response can be delayed.  make sure that at least one member of yor household is trained in first aid and CPR and in how to use an automated external defibrillator (AEC).  Disaster preparedness presentations wilprovide more specific information on how to prepare for disasters in your community.  Review our Health and Safety class schedule for the next courses scheduled.
• Share what you have learned with your family, household and neighbors and encourage them to be informed too.

The three steps below can help you to react well in an emergency:

  1.  Check the scene for safety and the victim for life-threatening conditions.

  2.  Call 9-1-1 or your local emergency number and request professional assistance.

  3.  Care for the victim if you can reach the person safely.