From Your ESS Team

Although local government has and continues to undertake emergency preparedness measures, it is critical that individuals and families prepare to look after their own needs for a minimum of seven days.

To help you do this, Cowichan Valley Emergency Management published an Emergency Preparedness Workbook available online at

https://www.cvrd.ca/DocumentCenter/View/84184/MIECM-Emergency-Preparedness-Workbook---2017?bidId=

Copies are also available from your LERN captain.

A segment titled “26 Weeks to Emergency Preparedness” in particular, will help you plan and actualize your family's preparations.

Here is this week's entry:

Week 9 

Learn about  hazards. Know the hazards in your community. Check out the section on "Responding Safely During Emergencies" (see pages 35 -60). Do a home hazard hunt to make your home safer. Secure home appliances and heavy furniture. Move heavy overhead  objects away from beds (see pages 15 - 34).

Please refer to the Emergency Preparedness Workbook for much more information, especially page 2 regarding Grab and Go kits and ICE entries on your cell phone for your emergency contacts.

Remember that the Thetis Island Phone Book ( pages 3 through 7) are a ready and thorough aid to Emergency Planning.

During the coming winter weeks and the likelihood of challenging weather, your  ESS team is wishing you warmth and safety at home.