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Emergency Preparation
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“…if ye are prepared, ye shall not fear”
D&C 38:30
President Gordon B. Hinckley has suggested "that the time has come
to get our houses in order. . . . There is a portent of stormy weather
ahead to which we had better give heed" --Conference Report, Oct.
1998
“When we speak of [personal and] family preparedness, we should
speak of foreseen, anticipated, almost expected needs which can be
met through wise preparation. Even true emergencies can be modified by good planning.” --Bishop H. Burke Peterson, April 1975
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Overwhelmed?
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“MASTER” the task at hand
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M - Make the commitment
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A - Apply all you know
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S - Strategize
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T - Training, training, training
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E - Endure in your efforts
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R - Rehearse
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“Too often we bask in our comfortable complacency and rationalize
that the ravages of war, economic disaster, famine, and earth quake
cannot happen here. Those who believe this are either not acquainted
with the revelations of the Lord, or they do not believe them. Those
who smugly think these calamities will not happen, that they will
somehow be set aside because of the righteousness of the Saints, are
deceived and will rue the day they harbored such a delusion.”
--Ezra Taft Benson, October 1980 Conference
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The primary responsibility to prepare for and
respond to emergencies rests with individual
members and families. To help, Church leaders
have counseled families to:
- Prepare spiritually through fasting, family and
personal prayer, family home evening, and
honoring their covenants.
- Prepare financially by staying out of debt,
saving for the future and obtaining insurance if
possible.
- Don’t neglect the continuing need for education.
- Periodically evaluate your employment status.
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- Maintain physical health by practicing wise eating
habits, observing the Word of Wisdom, and
exercising regularly.
- Acquire a year's supply:
Food:
Store basic foods to sustain your family.
Then choose other foodstuffs.
Clothing:
Physical protection followed by work
Finances:
To assure housing and security. Cash
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What Can We Expect?
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Thunderstorms, tornados, flooding, snow & ice
storms and fire
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Failure of cell and land line switched networks
- 50 – 85 % of membership unreachable by
phone either land line or cell
- Tip – Older technology can be better
POTS powers itself
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Terrorist acts
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Erroneous information
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What Can We Do?
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Organize and prepare as individuals, families, a
Ward and as members of the community.
Get 72 Hour Kits put together
Develop a Household Emergency Plan
Educate ourselves
“Am I my brother’s keeper?” - CERTainly
Maintain a chain of information and restore
communications
Follow instructions of authorities
Never give up
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One Organization Is Already In Place
Branch President or Bishop
Priesthood Leadership
Relief Society Presidency
Home Teachers
Visiting Teachers
Families
• Your most important and treasured relationships
should be within your family and the Church.
• These are your Brothers and Sisters
• Look at your HT & VT routes.
• How (and how well) do you communicate?
• Correlate Vertically & Laterally
• Are there members with special needs?
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The Present Organization
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Evolution of a Plan
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2005 - Develop a communications restoration plan
proposal for the Ward.
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2005 – 2006 Development of the full plan.
- License training of 21 operators.
- Testing of options
- Implementation of CAPTN (now called MEGAN)
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We went from 19 operators in the Stake to about 65 now
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Phase 2.0 to be followed by continuing refinements, drills
and iterations
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Some Terminology
AC-1, etc – Area Coordinator This individual initiates, receives and monitors
communications among Ward families (Area
Members) that are in the same general
neighborhood, or close geographic area.
WC – Ward Coordinator This individual receives reports from the Area
Coordinators and passes that information along
to Priesthood Leaders. This person may pass
disaster information along to external interfaces.
In actuality, the plan may call for more than one
Ward Coordinator.
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Ward Reporting Hierarchy
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The Area Concept
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The Ward Concept
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Radio Examples
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Communications Restoration
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Amateur radio service is the backbone
- Power, reliability, portability & cost
effective
- HF (long range) capabilities
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General Mobile Radio Service
- Another viable option for integration
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Multi Use Radio Service
- Power limitations are imposed
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Disaster Flow Chart
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Where Do We Start?
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As is appropriate with your family, perform a
Family & Personal Assessment
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Compile full contact info on members.
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Compile a Member’s Skills / Equipment Survey.
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Talk with and involve your neighbors and friends.
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Avail yourself of opportunities for training going
forward.
- Amateur Radio Licensing
- Community Emergency Response Team
- First Aid & CPR Training
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“We cannot provide against every contingency. But
we can provide against many contingencies. Let the
present situation remind us that this we should do. As
we have been continuously counseled for more than
60 years, let us have some food set aside that would
sustain us for a time in case of need. But let us not
panic nor go to extremes. Let us be prudent in every
respect.”
--Gordon B. Hinckley, October 2001 Conference
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Where to Get More Information
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www.providentliving.org
County EOC web sites
FEMA/GEMA web sites
www.fema.gov
www.gema.state.ga.us
American Radio Relay League
www.arrl.org
Varied weather outlets
www.wunderground.com
www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc
radar.weather.gov/
www.weather.com/maps/maptype/dopplerradarusnational/us
dopplerradar_large_animated.html
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Contact Information:
Dave Besson – KI4PHX
Phone: 770 345 1463
Email: [email protected]
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Contact Information:
Sid Bishop – KB4QKZ
Phone: 770 926 8375
Email: [email protected]
Jim Alderdice – N1ABM
Phone: 678 529 6980
Cell: 678 851 0505
Email: [email protected]
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