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Departments : Emergency Management : National Preparedness Month
Emergency Preparedness Guide for Burleigh County:
"Every Season to Prepare".
An emergency preparedness guide entitled "Every Season to Prepare," has been developed for residents of Burleigh County. The booklet is funded by the Burleigh County Local Emergency Planning Committee and provides residents with emergency preparedness information, including information that is specific to the area such as the warning and notification systems.
"Every Season to Prepare" is a reminder that emergency preparedness is a process that requires year-round attention. Burleigh County Emergency Manager Mary Senger encourages all citizens to enhance their level of emergency preparedness for themselves and their families: Get a Kit, Make a Plan, Be Informed, and Get Involved.
Hard copies are available at various locations, including:
• City/County Building • Bismarck Public Library • Bismarck Police Department • Bismarck/Burleigh Public Health • Burleigh County Sheriff's Department • Lincoln City Hall • Sterling Cenex Top's Truck Stop • Wilton City Hall • Wing Chat and Chew Cafe
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Are You Ready?
An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness
Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness (IS-22) is FEMA's most comprehensive source on individual, family, and community preparedness. The guide has been revised, updated, and enhanced in August 2004 to provide the public with the most current and up-to-date disaster preparedness information available.
Are You Ready? provides a step-by-step approach to disaster preparedness by walking the reader through how to get informed about local emergency plans, how to identify hazards that affect their local area, and how to develop and maintain an emergency communications plan and disaster supplies kit. Other topics covered include evacuation, emergency public shelters, animals in disaster, and information specific to people with disabilities.
Are You Ready? also provides in-depth information on specific hazards including what to do before, during, and after each hazard type. The following hazards are covered: Floods, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Thunderstorms and Lightning, Winter Storms and Extreme Cold, Extreme Heat, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Landslide and Debris Flows (Mudslide), Tsunamis, Fires, Wildfires, Hazardous Materials Incidents, Household Chemical Emergencies, Nuclear Power Plant, and Terrorism (including Explosion, Biological, Chemical, Nuclear, and Radiological hazards).
Are You Ready?, also available in Spanish, can be used in a variety of ways including as a read-through or reference guide. The guide can also be used as a study manual guide with credit awarded for successful completion and a 75 percent score on a final exam. Questions about the exam should be directed to the FEMA Independent Study Program by calling 1-800-238-3358 or by going to the FEMA Independent Study website
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