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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
We had an earthquake, everyone is fine, but, what should I do or not do here at
my home? If you want some quick tips, click here.
What should I do now that the shaking stopped?
A brief overview of the U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Emergency Operations.
This outlines some of the various programs the Corps of Engineers are involved
in for mitigation, flood fight and recovery phases of a disaster. Click here
for more information.
What does the Corps of Engineers do in disasters?
• Anchorage CDRP Workshop
published by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), October 1985. This bulletin outlines preparedness
suggestions to aid in preparing a survival cache of emergency tools, clothing,
equipment, food and water supplies. Emergency Management has extra copies of
this publication.
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A regularly updated homepage showing recent earthquake
activities in the State of Alaska.
• Each Alaska District employee was provided a copy of
"Earthquake Preparedness"*
published by Lafferty & Associates, Inc.,
1994. This 32 page booklet provides in-depth preparedness planning activities
for your home, place of work, travel and family. The material is arranged in
how you should plan family preparedness, community awareness and preparedness
checklists for your neighborhood, school, workplace, and church. What should be
contained in your emergency supply kit is outlined, along with sanitation,
first aid, and sample meal menus, evaluations of your earthquake insurance,
home inventory, structural considerations of your home, pertinent family
information, what family documents you should store, how to shut off utilities,
pre-planning for pet care and many helpful tips on maintaining your overall
emergency preparedness. An update on the progress of earthquake advisories and
imminent earthquake alerts (primarily in California)
are included.
• Alaska District, Operations and Readiness has copies of suggested methods of
securing your water heaters, and ways to minimize personal dangers and property
damages caused by falling objects such as large bookshelves, heavy mirrors and
pictures, and furniture caused by earthquake movements. If you would like a
copy of these two informative sheets, please contact our office.
Volcanic Eruptions
• Minimize exposure particularly if you have health problems. Wear a
protective mask if ash is heavy.
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Published by the Alaska Division of Emergency Services,
supported by funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). If
you wish to review pertinent methods of preparing for possible volcanic
ashfall, click here.
•
This homepage displays current Alaskan volcano activity
information.
Other Emergencies
• In most
areas of Alaska, call 911 to
report life threatening and property threatening situations.
• For
emergency information on Alaska Tsunamis, see Alaska
Tsunami Warning
Center,
see
• For Alaska
area weather warnings, see National Weather Service see
Emergency Radio
Service
• As of January
1st, 1998, the old method of alerting the public of pending
disasters, the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS), ceased to exist. In its
stead the Emergency Alert System (EAS) came into being.
The
EAS consists of a network of broadcast stations, across the Nation and across
the State, with equipment designed to allow the automatic transmission and
broadcasting of emergency messages. Alerts pass from station to station and
on to the air automatically, without human intervention.
EAS was designed to be a cooperative effort between government
agencies and local broadcasters. In Alaska
the EAS is overseen by the State Emergency Communications Committee (SECC),
whose members include local broadcasters, the State of Alaska Division of Emergency Services
(ADES), the National Weather
Service and the West Coast and Alaska
Tsunami Warning Center.
The SECC is
chaired by Alaska broadcasters.
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Some FEMA and Red Cross pamphlets previously distributed
to Alaska District employees are:
Outlines sources of water, methods of storing
water, methods of purifying water, methods of storage of food and guidelines for
the shelf-life of emergency foods, how to improvise for cooking food,
nutritional tips and what foods to use up first in an emergency. If you wish to
review pertinent methods of storing food and water, click here.
Outlines steps to insure your
family of their preparedness, creation of a family disaster plan, checklists
detailing tasks for each family member in case of a disaster, arrangements for
uniting family members, practice home evacuations, and maintaining your plan.
If you wish some basic ideas of how to prepare your Family Disaster Plan, click
here.
Contains
concise information on preparing emergency kits, where and how to store them.
If you wish to prepare your own kit, click here.
Outlines wildfire safety, preplanning
for escape from a wildfire, what to do before a wildfire threatens your home,
precautions to decrease exposure, what emergency supplies to take when
evacuated, and suggestions for a Family Disaster Plan. If you wish to review
some basic guidelines for protecting your home from wildfire, click here.
Contains concise information on
preparing for emergencies. It contains "How To" tips, where you can
obtain additional information, family Emergency contact list, escape plans for
your home, how to prepare emergency kits, where and how to store them.
Emergency Management has extra copies of this pamphlet if you need one.
• The following information pertains to the Municipality of Anchorage Area. Other
Alaska District components should check with their local government officials
for specific emergency preparedness activities and plans. Units located on any
military facility will comply with that post or base OPLAN in effect for each
specific area. For information regarding Emergency Preparedness at home, at
work and while traveling, refer to the bulletins distributed by FEMA and your
local chapter of The American Red Cross.
• Call 911 to report injuries, fires, or entrapments.
• If no telephone is available, flag down the nearest available Municipal
vehicle or contact the nearest amateur radio operator.
• Call 343-4701 for recorded information about local Anchorage emergency
conditions.
• For information on size and magnitudes of felt earthquakes, see Alaska
Earthquake Information Center.
• For earthquake safety tips, contact the Office of Emergency Management.
• Call the municipal Air Quality Hotline at 343-4899 for any health advisories.
• For emergency conditions affecting Anchorage, call 343-4701 for recorded
information.
• Call Police Dispatch at 786-8900 to report stalled, occupied vehicles that
may need help.
Alaska District employees should try to be prepared for any disasters,
providing emergency supplies to sustain their families for a a minimum of three
days.
For more information, please contact Alaska District, Operations and Readiness
Branch at 1-907-753-2753. Emergency Management is an element of this branch and
may be reached by calling 1-907-753-2514. If you wish to make suggestions or
comments in writing, our mailing address is:
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