Take the Test!
Is Your Family Prepared?
Points:
________ 1. Do you have a plan to meet family members at a pre-set point on the
Island if you cannot access your home? (5 points)
________ 2. Does your family have a plan for where family members will stay off
Island if the ferry shuts down? (5 points)
________ 3. Do you have an emergency "message center" plan? That means agreeing
on an out-of-state friend or relative where every family member can
leave word after a disaster strikes. (5 points)
________ 4. Do you have an emergency stash of food supplies at your house?
(5 points plus 5 bonus points if you have a full week of supplies)
________ 5. Do you have an emergency stash of water supplies at your house?
(5 points plus 5 bonus points if you have a full week of water)
________ 6. Do you have a small emergency medical kit at your house, including a
copy of your prescriptions, spare eyeglasses, hearing aid batteries
and other health essentials? (5 points)
________ 7. Do all family members know how to shut off your water, gas and power?
(5 points plus 5 bonus points if you have a wrench tied to your gas
shut off valve or have an automatic gas shut-off valve.)
________ 8. Do you have a plan with your neighbors to check on each other after
a disaster? (5 points plus 5 bonus points if you have a Neighborhood
Emergency Response Organization group established in your neighborhood.
Add 5 more bonus points if your home emergency kit includes a
a battery operated radio to receive Voice of Vashon Standing
By emergency information broadcasts at 1650AM.)
________ 9. Have any of your family members volunteered to work as a volunteer
with one of the VashonBePrepared organizations
(Emergency Operations Center, CERT, etc.)? (5 points)
How to Score:
50 points or more = Your family has prepared well.
40 points or more = Pretty good but some issues need to be addressed.
30 points or less = Your family could suffer in significant ways when the
inevitable strikes.
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