Every yr, September is acknowledged as National Preparedness Month, to boost consciousness concerning the significance of making ready for disasters and emergencies that would occur at any time. Preeti Emrick, Director of the Anne Arundel County Office of Emergency Management, stresses that with the probability of extreme climate occasions growing, “being prepared is more important than ever.” That is why this month we’re specializing in serving to our group members put together for every type of emergencies and disasters with 4 easy steps: Be Informed, Make a Plan, Build a Kit, and Get Involved.
Be Informed
Make a Plan
- Know what to do and who you possibly can contact throughout, and after an emergency.
- Use our new “My Guide to Emergency Preparedness” to create a personalized plan for your loved ones’s particular wants, together with people with entry and useful wants, youngsters, and pets.
- Share your plan with your loved ones and apply it usually so everyone seems to be snug with it!
Build a Kit
- Build an evacuation go-kit with necessary gadgets together with non-perishable meals and water, private hygiene gadgets, treatment, a primary assist equipment, and necessary paperwork. Think about different gadgets so as to add to your evacuation go-kit that might assist in case of an emergency.
- Store your emergency provides in a duffel bag, backpack, or a small wheeled suitcase for straightforward transportation.
- Build a shelter-in-place equipment with provides to outlive by yourself for no less than 3 days. Visit https://youtu.be/FVwlcifEWm0 for tips on what so as to add to your equipment!
- Build a equipment on your pet(s) to incorporate something they may want when evacuating or sheltering-in-place. Visit www.aacounty.org/pets for extra data.
- You may also construct your kits over time and add extra gadgets to grow to be extra ready for any sort of disaster!
Get Involved
- Help neighbors put together for, reply to, and get better from disasters by discussing emergency plans, sharing security tips, and lending a serving to hand.
- Request an emergency preparedness presentation on your group or request for us to attend your group’s occasion to share emergency preparedness data and supplies.
- Volunteer at or donate to a neighborhood meals financial institution or different non-profit group. For extra details about native volunteer alternatives go to www.aacounty.org/oem/volunteer
You may also get entangled by attending our annual Emergency Preparedness Expo. Join us from 10 am to 2 pm on the Anne Arundel Community College Arundel Mills Campus on Saturday, September 17, 2022. This free, family-friendly occasion has hands-on shows, video games, and actions to supply a fun-filled option to study making ready for emergencies! Text “EXPO2022” to 38276 to enroll in data and updates concerning the occasion together with demonstration instances, raffles, and extra!
Also, try a few of our different upcoming occasions under:
| September 9, 2022 |
| 9 am -11 am Arc of the Chesapeake 9/11 Day of Remembrance 26 West Street, Annapolis, MD 210401 |
| September 11, 2022 |
| 8 am -12 pm Meade High School Flags Across America Memorial 1100 Clark Rd, Fort Meade, MD 20755 |
| September 16, 2022 |
| 9 am -1 pm Anne Arundel County Fair Children’s Day |
| September 17, 2022 |
| 10 am – 2 pm Anne Arundel County Emergency Preparedness EXPO |
| September 24, 2022 |
| 8:30 am – 3 pm Hispanic Health Fest 9 am – 3 pm Linthicum Community Fair 10 am – 7:30 pm 44th Korean Festival 10:30 am – 11:30 am Edgewater Library Reading with Pepper 12 pm – 6 pm African Heritage Festival |
| September 26, 2022 |
| 11 am – 2 pm HCAAC Heritage Crest/Overlook Fair |
| September 29, 2022 |
| 9 am – 1 pm HHWC Health, Wellness, Caregiving Fair |
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