Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Educate Yourself Emergency Kit : Emergency Evacuation Kit Emergency Kit: Survival Kit Flood: Buying Flood Insurance Flood: Insurance vs Aid Flood: Understand Flash flood Flood: Understand Flood Flood: Understand Flood Insurance Flood: What to do before, during and after flash flood Home & Property Protection: Insurance Tips for Hurricane Home & Property Protection: Power Outage Home & Property Protection: Preparing Your home for hurricane Home & Property Protection: TIps for avoiding & handling Household Fires Hurricane : Hurricane Scale Hurricane: What is Hurricane Hurricane: What to do before, during and after a hurricane Special Needs: Disaster Tips for People with Hearing Impaired Special Needs: Disaster Tips for People with Medical Needs Special Needs: Disaster Tips for People with Mobility Disabilities Special Needs: Disaster TIps for People with visual disabilities Important Phone Numbers and Websites American Red Cross: (505) 864-6357, 505-265-8514 Emerency : 911 Emergency Management Office: (505) 833-7381, 505-833-7248 Metropolitan Medical Response System: (505) 768-2704 Fire Dept: (505) 833-7300 Know what to do if disaster strikes Environmental Health: 505- 768-2600 Lovelace Medical Center 505-262-7000 West Mesa Medical Center 505-727-2000 Albuquerque Regional Medical Center 505-727-8000 Women’s Hospital 505- 727-7800 Presbyterian Hospital 505- 841-1234 University of New Mexico Hospital 505-272-6877 New Mexico Heart Hospital 505-724-2037 Veteran's Affairs Hospital 505-265-1711 New Mexico Road Conditions 1-800-432-4269 Non Emergency: 505- 242-COPS Other City Resources: 311 Telephone Reporting Unit: (505)768-2030 Police Dept: 1-800-7police NM State Police: 505-841-9256 Salvation Army: (505) 761-9818 Emergency and other phone numbers Support Organizations and Agencies Important Websites All About Emergency Kits All About Hurricane Are You Ready ? City of Corupus Christi FEMA FEMA Hurricane Evacuation Routes Hurricane Preparedness Prepare Your Family Prepare Your Family Safir Simpson Scale: Animation Safir Simpson Scale: Animation If you need to Evacuate There may be conditions under which you will decide to get away, or there may be situations when you are ordered to leave. Plan how you will assemble your family and anticipate where you will go. Choose several destinations in different directions so you have options in an emergency. Create an evacuation plan: Plan places where your family will meet, both within and outside of your immediate neighborhood. If you have a car, keep a half tank of gas in it at all times in case you need to evacuate. Become familiar with alternate routes and other means of transportation out of your area. If you do not have a car, plan how you will leave if you have to. Plan Places where your family can meet, both within and outside of your immediate neighbourhood. Identify Several places you can go in an emergency, a friends home in another town, a motel or a public shelter. Take your emergency supply kit unless you have reason to believe it has been contaminated. Lock the door behind you. If time allows: Call or email the "out-of-state" contact in your family communications plan. Tell them where you are going. If there is damage to your home and you are instructed to do so, shut off water, gas and electricity before leaving. Leave a note telling others when you left and where you are going. Check with neighbors who may need a ride.