All residents, neighborhoods and communities are encouraged to prepare a simple emergency preparedness plan, and to act on that plan as soon as possible. Otherwise, in the event of a disaster, those who have not prepared will likely have a significantly greater risk of injury, loss of resources, and possible death.
Your preparedness plan may include the following items:
- Three Month supply of food that is part of your normal daily diet
- Drinking water
- Financial Reserves
- Longer-term supply of basic food items
- Medication and first aid supplies
- Clothing and bedding
- Important documents
- Ways to communicate with family following a disaster
- 72-hour kits
- How to turn off your gas in the event of a disaster
- How to turn off your water in the event of a disaster
Here are some additional resources to consider:
Emergency Preparedness: With the guidance of Church leaders, individuals and families should prepare to be self-reliant in times of personal and widespread tragedy.
https://www.lds.org/topics/emergency-preparedness?lang=eng
Tips for Making an Emergency Plan: Preparing for emergencies can help us be more secure and safe when a disaster or unexpected event occurs. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/life/tips-for-making-an-emergency-plan?lang=eng
Area Temporal Preparedness Guide: These guidelines and activities can help you become more prepared. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/bc/content/shared/english/life-help/Temporal-Preparedness-Guidelines-North-America-Central-Area%20Guide-May-2021.pdf?lang=eng
Preparing Your Home for Emergencies: These guidelines and activities can help you become more prepared. [Select “North America Central Area”, then view the “Preparing Your Home for Emergencies” section of this guide]
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/life/AreaPreparednessGuides?lang=eng
Make a Plan: Your family may not be together when disaster strikes, so it is important to plan in advance: how you will contact one another; how you will get back together; and what you will do in different situations. https://www.utah.gov/beready/family/make-a-plan.html
Be Prepared for Disasters: How to protect yourself from a variety of disasters, including flooding, tornadoes, wildfires, drought, debris flows, landslides, earthquakes and terrorist attacks.
https://www.utah.gov/beready/family/be-informed.html
Evacuation: If you are instructed to evacuate by emergency personnel, or over an EBS radio or TV broadcast, take the steps given in the following website.
https://www.ready.gov/evacuation
The “Rule of 3’s”: How long can you live without oxygen? Water? Food? Other necessities? These considerations can help you to think “outside of the box”, and focus on the preparations that matter the most, that may not come to mind at first.
https://stonewoodneighbors.com/rule-of-3s.html
How to Shut off Natural Gas:
WARNING: Do NOT turn off the natural gas unless you smell leaking natural gas in or around your home. It is hazardous for you to turn the gas valve back on, after having turned it off. The gas company may also charge you a significant amount, if it becomes necessary for them to turn it back on safely.
Here’s how to shut off your natural gas in an emergency. You will learn how to locate and shut off your natural gas valve in case of an emergency.
https://www.socalgas.com/stay-safe/emergency-information/shut-off-natural-gas
How to Shut Off Culinary Water in an Emergency: Where is your home’s main water valve, and how do you turn it off and on? Here is how.
https://www.wsscwater.com/customer-service/report-problem/find-and-operate-your-main-water-valve
Stonewood Neighborhood Emergency Response Planning Guide: This is a tri-fold pocket guide that can help you to prepare for various devastating disasters, and train you how to deal with them once they occur.
Stonewood Area NERP Guide – PDF download
(Page with Link to Stonewood Area NERP Guide’s PDF download)
Stonewood Neighbors 