By Gene Maloney

America needs to wake up to the fact that we are not prepared for natural or man-made disasters. YOU need to get involved in your community’s preparedness. It could result in saving a loved one or a friend’s life. An article was recently published stating that the century of 2000 will become known as the disaster century. Who knows if that is true, but when you look at 2011 it makes you wonder. The only down side to being prepared is not being prepared when it happens.What do you need to do? First, express to your local city councilmen, county board of supervisors, state representatives and congressmen the need for funding of disaster training and preparedness. Most importantly is funding for medical disaster aid. In most cases medical aid is not the highest priority in disaster preparedness. What about the American Red Cross and other response organizations. For the most part they perform a great service, helping countless people and saving lives. However, in almost all cases, they do NOT include medical aid in the U.S. Instead they provide shelter, food and other necessities.
What you must remember is that in a natural, you do not have one incident site. You have hundreds or maybe thousands of incident sites. We all are familiar with the statement that “you need to be preparedto take care of yourself for 72 hours.” That means two things. First, because of the nature of the incident the rescuers will be overwhelmed and may not be able to get to you for up to 3 days, maybe more. However, the more important meaning is that locally they do not have the resources and they have to wait for FEMA to arrive, assess the need and wait for aid to come in from the outside.

IF YOU ARE INJURED, YOU DO NOT HAVE 3 DAYS TO WAIT FOR HELP.

This is why it is important for you to help get your community prepared

For any questions, you can contact us at
Disaster Preparedness Consultants
480-285-7555

Next time we will finish discussing what needs to be done NOW?  Including, what is needed, where to store it, how to transport it.