Disaster Preparedness

Last in a series of articles on disaster preparedness  and how to safeguard your community, save lives and minimize damage.

This is the eighth in a series of articles on disaster preparedness and how to safeguard your community, save lives and minimize damage.

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This is the fourth of eight articles on disaster preparedness  and how  to  safeguard your community, save lives and minimize damage.

This is the third in a series of articles on disaster preparedness and how to safeguard your community, save lives and minimize damage.

While setting up a disaster plan for manufactured home communities, rv park or floating home community,  be sure to include steps that would re

(This is the second in a series of articles on disaster preparedness in manufactured home communities)

For manufactured home communities, emergency management experts recommend putting together a committee of residents, with the following minimum responsibilities:

• Working with management to develop an evacuation or shelter plan
• Setting up an emergency notification system for the community
• Conducting community education programs on disaster readiness
• Setting up evacuation practice drills
• Training residents on securing their property before evacuating
• Maintaining a list of residents with special needs
• Identifying members of the community with special skills, such as nurses, doctors or others trained in CPR or medical assistance, who could help in an emergency
• Preparing contact lists for relatives and next of kin