Friday, May 8, 2009

Family Emergency Planning

Check out the press release at www.mcdh.info (the McHenry County Department of Health) and read about the importance of having a plan in place for your family, in the event of an emergency affecting this area; for example, let's say a tornado strikes while Dad's at work, mom is playing golf and the three kids are in three different schools in Woodstock.

Phone lines are down; roads are blocked. Emergency procedures are in effect.

How do you ascertain the whereabouts and the health and safety of all family members?

Read this Press Release and also visit www.ready.gov

And go to www.mcdh.info and download the 6-page Notebook of Preparedness. Look on the left sidebar for "Emerg. Preparedness" and click on that link. It's a little color-intensive, but Office Depot will appreciate your business when you go in for new ink cartridges for your printer.

Make a plan. Write it down. Practice it.

And then hope you'll never have to use it.

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