Emergencies and Families
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This document discusses how to help families prepare for emergency situations. It provides tips for creating a family emergency plan including designating a meeting place, having important documents and cash on hand, and learning how to shut off utilities. It also offers advice for talking to children of different ages about disasters in an age-appropriate way, such as limiting media exposure for young kids and encouraging discussion among teens. The document stresses the importance of practicing plans with children and seeking help if needed.
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- 1. Emergency Situations Helping Families Prepare for Andrew Behnke & Nichole Huff
- 2. If there were a disaster
- 3. If there were a disaster tomorrow
- 5. What would you be ready for?
- 6. ice
- 7. flood
- 8. hurricane
- 9. fire
- 10. tornado
- 11. drought
- 13. of each? what is the likelihood
- 14. of each? what is the likelihood where you live .
- 16. simple things
- 19. meeting place
- 21. contact info
- 24. What’s the safest place in your home?
- 25. safe place in home one safe place
- 26. escape routes
- 28. cash on hand
- 30. insurance
- 36. batteries
- 38. What can’t you do with a trashbag?
- 39. would you know how to talk with kids? when tragedy strikes,
- 41. what would you say if they witnessed this…
- 43. or this…
- 45. or if they heard about this…
- 47. or this…
- 51. could you help?
- 52. prepare yourself
- 53. prepare yourself
- 55. listen
- 56. prepare them
- 57. plan with them
- 59. ages & stages
- 60. preschoolers
- 65. Permit a child to sleep in the parents' room temporarily
- 66. Help them express themselves via play, drawing, and story telling
- 68. ages & stages
- 71. Set gentle but firm limits for acting out behavior
- 72. Listen to a child's repeated telling of his/her experience
- 73. Point out kind deeds and the ways in which people helped during the event
- 75. Rehearse safety measures for future incidents
- 78. Be there to listen to your children, but don't force them to talk
- 79. Encourage discussion of event among peers
- 80. Help them serve
- 81. Healing is an evolving, but some may need professional help
- 83. seek resources… national child traumatic stress network http://www.nctsn.org
- 88. foggy
- 89. uncertainty
- 90. conflict
- 91. starts as a couple plan A family plan really
- 96. “Some call it a blind spot, others naïveté, but Mandela sees almost everyone as virtuous until proven otherwise. He starts with an assumption you are dealing with him in good faith. He believes that, just as pretending to be brave can lead to acts of real bravery, seeing the good in other people improves the chances that they will reveal their better selves.” seth godin
Editor's Notes
- Most of us say of course I am so ready. But
- What is it you are ready for? Have you thought of all the possibilities?
- More importantly. Do you know the actual likelihood of certain emergency situations are where you live? Ice storms or hurricanes might be more likely in one place. But think of Hugo which came through Charlotte. Or the Hurricane that produced mudslides in the mountains. It may look different but emergencies can happen anywhere. We hear about wildfires in California and in the WEST but we too have had wildfires in NC.
- So maybe your ready but are the families you serve as ready?
- Take some time to tell them about the simple things they can do to really make a difference.
- We’ve all beentold to have a family plan but have wedoneit. A family plan doesn’t have to becreated all at once or beelaborate. But weshouldwork on it and writeit down. Plans that are written down are way more likely to becarried out.
- FEMA has some great forms to help you get started. READYNC also has some really amazing tools and videos to help you.
- Work out meeting places both closeby and a backup a bit further away.
- Make sure you have a way to contact everyone you care about and a knowledge of where they would go in an emergency. Phone calls might not work in an emergency but text messages often go through since they use different towers and systems.
- Make sure the family knows where to go in the home as the safest spot.
- Make sure the family knows where to go in the home as the safest spot.
- Every child should know how to escape there home safely in case of an emergency. This can make a great activity for families to do together. Draw their home and where they should go to escape. More than one route is a must, also point out things like the safest place in the home and the power and water shutoff valves. Children should know these .
- In an emergency cash is king. It can take days and even weeks to get money in some emergency situations. We don’t suggest to have a lot of money but small bills can be very important in an emergency to get necesitities
- Have your important docs in a waterproof. Fire proof location that is easy to move quicly. A safe is nice but not going to be easy in many situations.
- Do you have all the insurance you need? What types would you suggest folks get?
- 72 hour kits for every one. Do you have one ?
- Gallon per person a little over 8 pounds so think of how it will be carried?
- food
- First aid is essential
- In many emergencies batteries become the currency for the first 48 hours. Stock up when you can get a good deal. We have a lot of technology and gadgets and often few ways to power them up in emergencies.
- We all know the rule of keeping our tank at least half full but who really does that? At least have a five gallon container if possible in your garage.
- In many emergencies you will need supplies you didn’t think of.Trashbags are amazing to fix lots of things and keep things dry.
- I have 5 kids from 13 down to 1.5 and they all need me to talk to them in certain ways. Its not all just their age and level of understanding. I always try to consider their personality as well. Some are more sensitive to some things.
- Seasame Street ha created an amazing free workbook you can print to help parents work out an emergency plan with their kids. Lets check it out quickly. This is a great tool to share with parents and go through. Sort of a Sesame Street Version of the FEMA family plan.
- We are often in relationships when emergencies happen. The couple dynamics have a huge impact on the outcomes of the situation.
- In emergencies our first reactions are very clear due to neurotransmitters/ hormones like adrenaline (also called epinepherine) and dopamine.
- But soon after those where off and we often feel like we are in a fog. This is when we generally experience break down with our couple relationships
- We feel uncertain and unsure of our next steps
- And its not to uncommon for those emotional frustrations to bubble over as conflict
- This planning is essential. However it can be difficult at first both partners are in the crucible. Either partner or both may be very fragile at this time
- Once you have worked out your plan bring the other family players in for a huddle
- Fred Estair & Ginger Rogers
- Take time to pause and allow some time outs to work on things. 10-10-20-20 rule.
- Watch out for mines
- Take time to pause and allow some time outs to work on things. 10-10-20-20 rule.
- Now the trickiest part is bringing together the whole family and finding balance that works for them. Balance is delicate and not always sustainable but we pick up the blocks and try again. CUPS at my house experience.