Preparedness Info

FEMA ON-LINE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COURSES

Some of you asked us for the web address for FEMA & Homeland Security’s emergency preparedness courses that you can take on-line. That address is:

http://training.fema.gov/IS/

Click on “ISP Course List” at the top right menu, (in the red section).

Take the course, and print the questions, then click on “Take the exam.” Be sure that, before you do this you empty your “cookies” & “temp internet files” or it won’t send your answers.

I recommend that you first complete THESE courses, (in the order noted below):

IS-22 Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness

IS-55 Household Hazardous Materials – A Guide for Citizens

IS-07 A Citizen’s Guide to Disaster Assistance

IS-10 Animals in Disaster, Module A: Awareness and Preparedness

IS-11 Animals in Disaster, Module B: Community Planning

Then complete :

IS-271 Anticipating Hazardous Weather & Community Risk

IS-288 The Role of Voluntary Agencies in Emergency Management

IS-100a Introduction to Incident Command System

IS-700a National Incident Management System (NIMS) An Introduction

After that, when time permits, you can move on to the advanced stuff:

IS-15a Special Events Contingency Planning for Public Safety Agencies

IS-120a An Introduction to Exercises

IS-130 Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning

IS-230a Fundamentals of Emergency Management

IS-317 Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams

When you complete the first course, you can print a “Certificate of Completion” for your records. As a member of the LWW Emergency Management Committee, we will keep a record of each course you complete, so please make sure that we have a copy.

FEMA keeps a record of all courses you complete, which is readily available to you, (via the aforementioned site), should you need more copies of your Certificates.

CDC EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE INFO

Another good web site to keep in your “Favorites” is the one below. Be sure to get on CDC’s mailing list.

http ://www.bt.cdc.gov/

After we complete CERT, (Community Emergency Response Team), training, in subsequent meetings we will focus on the “3 Steps to Emergency Preparedness,” as noted on this site, so be familiar with what they are.

In the next few days those of you on our Emegency Mgmt Committee distribution list, will receive an email with the time & date of our next Emergency Management Committee meeting, where we will finalize plans for our CERT training. Please try to be there; and, if you haven’t yet sent Doug your preference for how we schedule it, please do that now: d_dunmire@bellsouth.net

BTW: You do NOT have to complete CERT training to be on the Emergency Management Team.

SNAPS

Snap Shots of State Population Data

SNAPS provides local-level community profile information nationwide. It can be browsed by county and state and searched by zip code. SNAPS serves as a valuable tool when responding to public health emergency events at the state, Tribal, and local levels. It provides a “snap shot” of key variables for consideration in guiding and tailoring health education and communication efforts to ensure diverse audiences receive critical public health messages that are accessible, understandable, and timely.

Relevant Stats for Zip code 31220:

Disabilities:

Total Reported: 58,689

Sensory: 4,596

Physical: 14,677

Mental: 7,744

Self-care: 5,058

Go outside home: 12,463

Employment: 13,248

Grandparents as caregivers

Grandparents as caregivers: 2,305

Heating fuel:

Total Reported: 59,667

Utility gas: 36,840

Bottled or LP gas: 2,008

Electricity: 20,318

Fuel oil, kerosene: 78

Coal or Coke: 9

Wood: 116

Solar Energy: 33

Other fuel: 51

No fuel used: 214

Vehicles available:

Total Reported: 92,675

No vehicle: 9,217

1 or more vehicle: 83,458

Household Phones:

Households Reporting: 59,667

Owners with phone: 34,778

Owners without phone: 308

Renters with phone: 23,056

Renters without phone: 1,525

10 closest counties:

Jones County, Georgia

Houston County, Georgia

Peach County, Georgia

Twiggs County, Georgia

Monroe County, Georgia

Crawford County, Georgia

Wilkinson County, Georgia

Baldwin County, Georgia

Jasper County, Georgia

Bleckley County, Georgia

Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:

WGNM ( TV) MACON, GA

WMGT-TV (632 TV) MACON, GA

WLZN (92.3 FM) MACON, GA

WPEZ (93.7 FM) MACON, GA

WDEN-FM (99.1 FM) MACON, GA

WPGA-FM (100.9 FM) MACON, GA

WIFN (105.5 FM) MACON, GA

WHTA (107.9 FM) MACON, GA

WMAC (940 AM) MACON, GA

WDDO (1240 AM) MACON, GA

WNEX (1400 AM) MACON, GA

WAYS (1500 AM) MACON, GA

Emergency Preparedness and You

The possibility of public health emergencies arising in the United States concerns many people in the wake of recent hurricanes, tsunamis, acts of terrorism, and the threat of pandemic influenza. Though some people feel it is impossible to be prepared for unexpected events, the truth is that taking preparedness actions helps people deal with disasters of all sorts much more effectively when they do occur.

To help, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Red Cross have teamed up to answer common questions and provide step by step guidance you can take now to protect you and your loved ones.