SHELTER IN and

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SHELTER IN and IN PLACE

• How To Prepare

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Shelter In - Why?

• Anything can happen at anytime
• You must be prepared at all times
• Ice storm
• Avian Influenza outbreak
• Disruption of roads - tornado, etc.
• War or civil unrest
• Other ??

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Shelter In

• Weigh the factors
• Determine the best option for your family
• Consider your families priorities and
  preparedness - Water, Food, Medicines, First Aid
  (training and supplies), Environment

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Shelter In Place
"Shelter-in-place" means to take immediate
shelter where you areat home, work, school or in
between usually for just a few hours. Local
authorities may instruct you to
"shelter-in-place" if chemical or radiological
contaminants are released into the environment.
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Shelter In Place - Warnings
Fire or police department warning Emergency Alert
System broadcasts - radio or televisio Outdoor
warning sirens or horns News media sourcesradio,
tv, cable NOAA Weather Radio alerts Vehicles
equipped with public address systems
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Shelter In - Stay or Go?

• Specific Terrorist ThreatsBiological attack -
  deliberate release of germs or other substance.
  Many agents must be inhaled, enter through a cut
  in the skin or eaten to make you sick. Chemical
  attack - deliberate release of toxic gas, liquid
  or solid to poison people and the environment.
  Nuclear attack - explosion with intense light and
  heat, a damaging pressure wave and widespread
  radioactive material that can contaminate the
  air, water and ground surfaces for miles around.
• Dirty bomb - the use of common explosives to
  spread radioactive materials over a targeted
  area.

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Shelter In
We cannot adequately prepare for every
contingency1. We can prepare ourselves to think
ahead without fretting and to respond without
panicking2. If ye are prepared, ye need not
fear.
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Shelter In

• If food distribution faltered while many people
  were sequestered, the chaos rumored in New
  Orleans during Katrina would become reality in
  every major city1.
• We encourage Church members worldwide to prepare
  for adversity in life by having a basic supply of
  food and water and some money. All is Safely
  Gathered In

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Shelter In - Water

• Do NOT ration - find ways to get more
• Water storage - MIMIMUM one gallon per person per
  day
• Clean water, free of dangerous pathogens and
  chemicals, is more essential than food
• Storage AND filtration

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Shelter In - Water

• Do not store in milk bottles - they will
  disentegrate in about six months
• Store bleach - shelf life of about one year,
  rotate
• Filtration - professional, coffee filters
• Boiling - will need heating options
• Purification tablets

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Shelter In - Food

• Food - rotate, rotate, rotate
• Mark date code w/permanent marker on top -
  quarterly A8, B8, C8, D8
• Prefer easy to prepare, minimal water
• Variety - no and limited cooking required
• Solar oven
• Family favorites - comfort foods

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Life Experience Food Rationing

• Should food rationing be required long term - eat
  one meal about 9 PM then go to bed
• Nutrition will be available to sustain life
  rather than expended for energy
• Strategy saved lives of a Church members family
  in Africa during recent war while neighbors
  starved to death

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Shelter In - Share??

• In most circumstances - YES if you safely can
• Exception - Avian Influenza - two to seven days
  incubation period until noticeable symptoms but
  the person may be contagious
• You may be sharing death

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Shelter In - Essentials

• First aid kit and manual
• Sufficient warm clothes and bedding in the event
  there is no heat - mummy bags, wool blankets,
  down comforters, wool socks, hats,
  mittens/gloves, Thinsulate items
• Heavy guage plastic and duct tape

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Shelter In - N95 Masks

• N-95 face masks - recommended for Avian Influenza
  outbreak, other uses
• Multiple N95 options available

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Shelter In - Communications

• Develop a communication plan - establish an
  out-of-area contact
• Provide list of important phone numbers for every
  family member
• Have children memorize emergency contact phone
  number and address - make it a song??

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Shelter In - Communications

• Have a hard wired phone available
• Train and test for Amateur Radio license and
  purchase a HAM radio
• Purchase and know how to use a Citizens Band
  radio
• Crank/solar radio and/or television

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Shelter In - Communications

• Rechargable batteries
• Car recharger for batteries, cell phones
• ????

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Shelter In - Sanitation

• Arrangements must be made for human waste
  disposal if water-flushed toilets are not
  available.
• Outside latrines - within 150 feet of the
  building at least 65 feet away from the kitchen
  and water supply

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Shelter In - Sanitation

• 5 gallon plastic pail with tight-fitting lid and
  a removable toilet seat can serve as a temporary
  toilet
• Garbage cans should have tightly fitting lids
• Store extra garbage bags of several sizes for
  trash and human waste disposal

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Shelter In - Sanitation

• Store contractor-size heavy duty garbage bags in
  the event of a death when no emergency assistance
  is available
• Store duct tape for securing bags and other
  emergency uses
• Diapers and feminine hygeine supplies
• Plan for contingencies

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Shelter In - Building Safety

• Determine emergency exits and fire escapes
• Select an inside room
• Away from windows
• Easy to heat
• Ability to seal off if necessary
• Block air flow from ducts and under door

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Shelter In - Building Safety

• Know how to turn off electricity, water and gas
• Space heating stove flues should extend outside
  the building
• Avoid overloading of electrical circuits
• Liquid fuels should be stored outside the building

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Shelter In - Building Safety

• Lanterns and lamps should be placed or suspended
  so as to avoid dangers
• Mirrors behind lamps increase light
• Fire-fighting equipment should be available and
  properly maintained
• Teach family about possible fire hazards and the
  use of fire-fighting equipment

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Shelter In - Reference

• Reference books - first aid car repair home
  repair pet vet others
• Boy Scout Handbook
• Basic cookbooks - storage foods, easy to prepare
• Carla Emerys Encyclopedia of Country Living

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Shelter In - Goal

• Begin with the end in mind
• Choose your priorities then work your plan
• Family buy-in
• Budget
• Storage
• Rotate as necessary
• Training
• Just Do a Little Better - President Gordon B.
  Hinckley