This document summarizes an emergency preparedness presentation given by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The presentation teaches individuals how to prepare an emergency plan for their family and neighborhood in the first 3 minutes, 3 hours, 3 days, and 3 weeks of an emergency. It emphasizes developing a network with neighbors to check on each other and share resources. The goal is to educate as many families as possible to be self-reliant and help make the community safer.

1. Welcome to
“Emergency Preparedness”
Presented by:
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
“Neighbors Helping Neighbors Program”
Facilitator: Nancy Sutherland
Translator: Alma Benitez
Opening Prayer by Melissa Darby

2. What to do in the first
3 Minutes, 3 hours, 3 days and 3 weeks

3. Community Disaster Preparedness
Individuals can make a difference in their own community, but not
everyone has bought into preparedness. Research on personal
preparedness, indicates that individuals who believe they are prepared
for disasters often are not as prepared as they think.* In addition, some
admit they do not plan to prepare at all.**
The challenge: Maximizing awareness and encouraging participation in
disaster preparedness activities to affect change at the community level.
Our nation’s emergency managers, firefighters, law enforcement officers,
EMT/paramedics, and other emergency responders do an incredible job
of keeping us safe, but they cannot do it alone. We must all embrace our
personal responsibility to be prepared – in doing so; we contribute to the
safety and security of our communities as well. The goal of this program
is to teach as many families to be prepared as possible and, therefore,
making it safer for all of us.

4. If you are:
Are you ready
to be ready??

5. Today you’ll not only learn how to help develop
your own family “Emergency Plan”, but also
how to take this information to the community
using the
“Neighbors Helping Neighbors” Plan

7. Develop Your Family/Neighborhood
Emergency Plan*
•Explain to your family, friends and neighbors what you learn
here today and the importance of being prepared.
•Invite your neighbors/friends who are interested to join you in
becoming more prepared.
•Decide on a regular time & place to meet. If you put this on your
calendars now, and make a commitment to the plan, you’ll be
more likely to complete your goals.
•Use the tools given you today and the website information to
help you accomplish your goals.
•Make it fun, enjoy goodies, get to know one another.
•At the end of 6 months, invite everyone to attend the
Emergency Preparedness Fair here on October 20, 2012.

9. Take the Preparedness Test*
•Has your family rehearsed an emergency plan?
•Would you have sufficient food, water, etc.?
•Do you all know how to turn off the gas?
•How would you find each other?
Do the Preparedness Survey*
•Who in neighborhood has medical training?
•Does anyone have & know how to use a HAM radio?
•Who has search and rescue training?
•Who owns tools that might be helpful like a chainsaw,
generator, shovels, wenches, etc.
•Does anyone have vehicles that might be helpful?
*Found in Handouts

10. Remember:
•Local calls will be jammed
•Use out-of-area contact
numbers (long distance)
•Teach everyone to use
“text” on cell phone
•Use old-fashioned hard-
wire phone
•Have alternate charger for
your cell phone

13. What would you do if you were told
you had to evacuate in the next 3
minutes?
If you have a plan, it’ll be much easier to decide.
If each family member knows what to do, you’ll
all be safer and be able to stay as calm as
possible!

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17. Don’t forget “Fido”
Check
electricity

18. Don’t forget “Fido’s” Bag

19. Alternate power sources, solar battery.

23. Semi-Annual Maintenance
(General Conference or Daylight Savings time changes)
• Replace batteries in flashlights (including kits),
emergency lights, smoke detectors, radios, etc.
• Update “GO Binder” with current names, addresses,
phone numbers, maps, and documents.
• Update first-aid supplies and rotate medications
• Rotate food and water in all 72 hour kits
• Rotate (replace) water storage in large containers
• Rotate children’s shoes (correct sizes) in 3-minute and
72 hour kits
• Rotate Children’s clothing in 3-minute and 72 hour kits

25. For more information on
“Neighbors Helping Neighbors”
go to our websites:
www.southocreliefsociety.org
or
www.nhnpreparedness.com
(which will be fully active on June 1, 2012)
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