Family Disaster Planning

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HFHS Wellness Programs

• Wellness Program offerings include
• 150 Wellness Incentive
• HAPs iStrive Lifestyle Management Programs and
  Succeed Health Risk Assessment
• Wellness screenings (as part of mandatory
  screens)
• Walk for Better Health
• Tobacco Treatment Services
• Flu shots
• Monthly presentations
• Weight Watchers At-Work
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Diabetes in Active Care (in partnership with
  Diabetes Care Center)
• Stress and Pain Free Living Program (in
  partnership with Center for Integrative Wellness)

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Staying AlivePlan to keep your family safe

• Nick Radu Bob
  Salter
• Director of Security Employee
  Health and Safety

Source - John Snider HFHS Emergency Planner
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Campus Crime Prevention

• A pattern of attitudes and behaviors directed
  both at reducing the threat of crime and
  enhancing the sense of security to positively
  influence the quality of life in our work area.
• GOAL
• Enable employees to create a safer, more secure
  and enjoyable work environment.
• We want everyone to be aware and on the lookout
  for crime risks and help us initiate action to
  remove or reduce it.

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Challenges

• A. Mostly female employees
• B. High tension work environment
• C. Open door policy

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How You Can Help

• Crime prevention is everyones business.
• It should always be a central role in our work
  life.
• Safe work place begins with a safe engaged
  employee.
• Know who is where and why.
• Do they have an ID card.
• How do you approach.

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Objective to Break the Crime Triangle
Criminal
Ability to do it
Victim
Desire to commit crime
To do it
Opportunity
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Prevention

• Education of all employees
• Improvement of unsafe locations, poor lighting
• Lack of access control
• Work with departments and employee groups
• Create an environment that discourages violence
• Create resource protocols
• Conflict resolutions skills
• Duress Alarms
• Security involvement

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Personal Protection Orders

• Report to HR, Security
• Provide copy of PPO
• Provide Picture of suspect
• Change parking location
• Ask for escort
• Program Security or Police number in your cell
  phone
• Duress alarms in work area

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Personal Disaster Planning

• Types of Disasters
• Natural
• Manmade
• What to do to prepare

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Personal Disaster PlanningHow Do We Prepare?

• Gain knowledge
• Create a disaster plan
• Assemble a disaster supplies kit
• Identify a safe room for each type of disaster
• Reduce home hazards

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Gain Knowledge

• What kind of disasters are most likely to happen
  in our community?
• How will I be warned?
• How do I prepare for different kinds of disasters?

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Your Risk

• Write down the top three emergencies that you
  think you should be most prepared for?
• What events are most likely to happen that
  would cause you (or your family) an emergency?
• Consider the impact that each of these
  emergencies would have on you and your family

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Disasters in our Community

• Man-Made
• Explosion
• Fire
• Terrorism
• Weapon Violence
• Structure Collapse
• Transportation event
• HazMat event

• Natural
• Hurricane
• Flood
• Earthquake
• Ice Storm
• Tornado
• Wildfire
• Sever Thunder storm
• Pandemic

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Tornadoes

• Capable of destroying homes and vehicles and can
  cause fatalities
• May strike quickly, with little or no warning
• Forward speed may vary from stationary to 70 mph
• Rotating winds may reach 300 mph

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Severe Thunderstorms

• The ingredient that defines a thunderstorm is
  lightning
• In the United States, an average of 300 people
  are injured and 80 people are killed each year by
  lightning

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Winter Storms

• Several Ice Storms in the last few years
• Thousands of homes were without electricity, gas
  and water services
• Millions of dollars worth of property damage
• Roads/bridges closed due to ice and damage, trees
  down across roads
• Power lines down

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During a Disaster

• Watch for downed power (electrical) lines!
• Teach your children to not touch the lines, or
  anything connected to the downed line
• Never go into an area where lines are down
• Call 911 and notify them of the location

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Developing a Disaster Plan

• Who should you, family call?
• Where should your children go?
• Where will you meet family members?
• How will you escape your home?
• Do you have an alternate route?
• What will you take with you?
• Where will you go if you evacuate?

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Emergency Contact List

• Exercise - write down your Emergency Contacts
  (people and information)
• Prioritize list - whom should be called first
• Share the list with relatives, day care, work and
  schools
• Document key Emergency health information others
  must know if you are not present to inform them
• For each family member
• Date of birth, allergies, medications, blood
  type, health conditions, past medical problems,
  etc

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Emergency Conversations

• Establish an Emergency babysitter if you are
  not able to get home
• Your children should know who they are to call,
  where they should go if you are unavailable
• Pet caregiver pet setter should an evacuation
  happen
• Veterinarian phone number
• Have a supply kit available for pets
• Have transport cage available
• Collar and ID tags

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Emergency Situations

• Children in Day Care or Schools
• Verify phone contact lists
• Check out Centers protection plans
• What are plans for keeping exposed children away
  from other children
• Where are children evacuated to?
• Special Needs (disability) consideration
• Work
• What are work rules for reporting to work
• Verify emergency contact numbers for work
  (Employee Self-Serve at HFHS)

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Develop a Disaster Plan

• Do you have disaster supply kits?
• You may need to survive on your own for three or
  more days
• Is your home prepared for a disaster?
• Do you have an evacuation plan?

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Disaster Supply Kit

• The Six Basics
• Water
• Food
• First Aid Supplies
• Clothing and Bedding
• Tools
• Other Important Items

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Disaster Supply Kit

• Food that Wont Spoil
• Canned foods, dry mixes, high energy foods such
  as peanut butter, jelly, granola bars, trail mix,
  vitamins, powdered milk, canned juices, hard
  candy
• Dont forget to include a manual can opener!
• Food Safety
• Keep canned foods in a cool, dry place
• Keep boxed foods in tightly closed plastic or
  metal containers
• Date each food item
• Replace food items every six months

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Disaster Supply Kit

• First Aid Supplies
• A complete first-aid kit with manual
• Prescription medications (for each family member)
• Non-prescription medications such as aspirin and
  non-aspirin pain relievers, anti-diarrheals,
  antacids, syrup of ipecac, antihistamines,
  laxatives
• Extra pair of glasses or contact lenses

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Disaster Supply Kit

• Clothing and Bedding
• At least one blanket or sleeping bag per person
• At least one change of clothes per person
• Sturdy shoes or boots
• Hat and gloves

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Disaster Supply Kit

• Tools
• Emergency preparedness manual
• Flashlight
• Battery operated weather radio
• Extra batteries
• Duct tape, basic tools
• Plastic sheeting
• Important family documents

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And what could be more important

• Than TOILET PAPER!
• Couple of bags of kitty litter and a 5-gallon
  pickle bucket
• Hand sanitizer

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Other important points

• Storing important family documents
• Emergency money
• Is your emergency kit portable?
• Do you have pets?

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And the primary rule

• What you pack is what you carry!

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Develop a Disaster Plan

• Preparing Your Home
• Post emergency telephone numbers by every phone
• Learn how to shut off water, gas, and electricity
  at main switches
• Install smoke alarms on every level of your home
• Anchor and secure heavy furniture, appliances,
  water heater, etc.

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Escaping from your home

• Escaping from your home
• Include escape routes from every room of your
  house
• Teach the crawl method to escape
• Consider the needs of children and physically
  challenged
• Run practice drills
• Check smoke detector batteries

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Developing a Disaster Plan

• Meeting Places
• Pick one location a safe distance from your home
  in case of fire
• Pick one place outside your neighborhood in case
  you cant return home
• Choose an out-of-state person as a check in
  contact

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And Lastly.

• REMEMBER TO PRACTICE AND MAINTAIN YOUR PLAN!

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Cool tools already available

• Department of Homeland Security Ready America
  www.ready.gov
• www.MI.gov.ready
• Find out what your RQ score is
• Visit www.WhatsYourRQ.org