In
case of fire you should know (and practice) how to evacuate in two
ways from each room in your home. You might want to draw a map of
your floor plan to help with this. Choose a familiar point a
short distance from your home as a place to meet once you get out of
the building. Make sure you have all necessary smoke and carbon
monoxide detectors in place with fresh batteries – and plan on
changing the batteries at least once a year. This is a good time to
bring up fire safety with kids - they need to know how safe you are
in case of a fire because you’ve planned and practice a home
evacuation.
Locate
your gas and water turn-off valves and make sure you have a wrench
that can turn them off (righty tighty, lefty loosey!). You may
need to turn off your gas and water if you need to leave your home
prior to an expected disaster (a hurricane for example). You
should also know how to turn off your electricity. For more
information see http://www.ready.gov/utility-shut-safety
Learn
how to shelter in place. An excellent resource for this is
Massachusetts’ emergency web page teaching how
to take cover in your own home. You will want to have on hand
things like heavy plastic garbage bags and plenty of duct tape.
*Create
and practice a house evacuation plan (in case of fire); Update smoke
detectors
*Know
how to shut off your gas and water
*Learn
how to shelter in place
*Save
$11 per person for your year’s food storage supply
*Prepare
to visit the cannery again in two months (July) – notify the
cannery if you plan to purchase 8 or more of any one item so they can
have it in stock
*For
3-month storage: Buy 1 week of 3-month-type food this month
