EMC167 Neighborhood Em. Supplies To: Emergency Communications Units - Information Bulletin To: Emergency Management Agencies via Internet and Radio By: Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services EMC167 Neighborhood Emergency Supplies Release 1/18/99 Note the planning for the neighborhood that is inherent in this topic from the June l996 Huntington Beach CERT Newsletter. Think about it for YOUR community!! ------ NEIGHBORHOOD EMERGENCY SUPPLIES Inventory available supplies: Each family should have its own emergency supply kit. At a minimum, family kits should include: Drinking water (at least a 3rd supply, 1 gallon per person, per day) Additional water for hygiene, cooking and pets Nonperishable food, including treats family members like Flashlight and extra batteries Portable radio and extra batteries First aid kit and book Manual can opener Extra medications, glasses, etc. Personal hygiene supplies, including toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant Fire extinguishers Tools, including an adjustable wrench Sleeping bags or extra blankets Tents Tarps or heavy plastic Cash Medications Determining the availability of specialty supplies. Some residents might have additional supplies, tools and equipment that will be useful in coordinated response efforts. These include: Goggles and face masks Wheelchairs Emergency generators and fuel Winches Chain saws and fuel Portable lights Long ladders Stretchers Sturdy rope and chains Bolt cutters Crowbars, axes, shovels Heavy-duty jacks Wheelbarrows Hard hats and sturdy work gloves The supplies coordinator should work with families to prepare emergency supply kits. The coordinator also can work with residents to obtain supplies for neighborhood use. Purchasing or obtaining equipment: Because obtaining important supplies, tools and equipment from neighbors may be difficult, the coordinator might want to consider other ways of obtaining them. These include: - Purchases financed by donations or through fundraisers - Donations from neighborhood stores Distributing and tracking supplies after the disaster: The supplies coordinator will be responsible for ensuring that those who need supplies such as food and water get them and that members of the light search and rescue, damage assessment, first aid and other teams are properly equipped. The coordinator is also responsible for ensuring the return of tools, equipment and unused supplies and replenishing exhausted inventories. Sources for this focus sheet included the OES publication "Organizing Neighborhoods for Earthquake Preparedness." --- To subscribe to bulletins, use the Subscription Services web page at . If you don't have web access, just send an e-mail message to . - For training assistance contact the ACS Training Officer at the web site or send an email to larton@garlic.com - Submit suggestions, topics or comments on the bulletins to cary.mangum@macnexus.org or cary_mangum@oes.ca.gov Bulletins are on the ACS Web page: http://acs.oes.ca.gov -and a Landline BBS: 916-262-0856 (graphical & standard interface); and a FTP Archive: ftp.ucsd.edu/hamradio/packet/tcpip/incoming for some bulletins. For earlier ones: ftp.ucsd.edu/hamradio/races