Another good point but unfortunately, not enough FAMILIES do drills at home. Every night, the Red Cross has Disaster Service volunteers reporting to house fires for families who are displaced, have no immediate place to go, (ie nearby friends or family to stay with) nor ability to get food or clothing.
Sometimes I dispatch what we call "Disaster Action Teams" to fires between 4:30pm and 8:30am the next morning - the colder the night the more the risk of fires it seems. Every Sat I standby to activate the Debit Cards we give families to purchase food and clothing, (certain, standard & specified amounts for each). Activators are offsite for "separation of powers".
Anyway, families need to have a disaster action plan not just for fires but for if they're in separate places when a disaster occurs - various places to meet up, various ways to communicate etc. And drills need to happen. The Red Cross has classes for families but sometimes I really wonder how many people actually pay attention.
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Date: 2007-03-22 07:47 pm (UTC)Sometimes I dispatch what we call "Disaster Action Teams" to fires between 4:30pm and 8:30am the next morning - the colder the night the more the risk of fires it seems. Every Sat I standby to activate the Debit Cards we give families to purchase food and clothing, (certain, standard & specified amounts for each). Activators are offsite for "separation of powers".
Anyway, families need to have a disaster action plan not just for fires but for if they're in separate places when a disaster occurs - various places to meet up, various ways to communicate etc. And drills need to happen. The Red Cross has classes for families but sometimes I really wonder how many people actually pay attention.