Are You Ready to Help your Family in an Emergency?
• It takes more than duct tape to be ready for an emergency!
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Apr 2, 2010 – Flooding. Ice Storms. The Flu. Get Ready to help your family. Get ready for the unexpected by creating a kit of the essentials, including food, water, medicine, and safety supplies. Make a plan for how you and your family will respond to the situation, and stay informed of potential illness and emergencies and what are the best things to do if they happen.
Watch Dr. Dora Ann Mills, Director of the Maine CDC, talk about getting ready for illness or an emergency.
How ready are you? You can take a short survey, then learn more about how easy it is to build a kit, make a plan, and be informed.
In Maine we like to be independent. When you're ready for an emergency, you won't need help from emergency professionals. That will let them focus on others needing assistance. And when you and your family are ready, you can help your neighbors and others in need.
What goes in my kit? Find out what you need, what you've already got, and how to build your kit without spending a lot of extra money. You can also enter a drawing for a free kit to be sent to you!
Mainers are known for being ready for anything. Let's make sure we are! Start Getting Ready today! Get ME Ready 2010 is a project of the Maine Public Health Association.
Get a Kit. Make a Plan. Be Informed.
