READYGenesee
Be Ready.  Be Prepared.

[This site was last updated on 06/28/2009]

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• READYGenesee is designed to help citizens learn how to protect themselves and their families against all types of hazards.  The focus of the content is on how to develop, practice, and maintain emergency plans that reflect what must be done before, during, and after a disaster to protect people and their property.
   
• Also included is information on how to assemble a disaster supplies kit that contains food, water, and other supplies in sufficient quantity for individuals and their families to survive following a disaster in the event they must rely on their own resources.

• Being prepared can reduce fear, anxiety, and losses that accompany disasters.  Communities, families, and individuals should know what to do in the event of a fire and where to seek shelter during severe storms.  They should be ready to evacuate their homes and take refuge in public shelters and know how to care for their basic medical needs.
   
• People also can reduce the impact of disasters (flood proofing, elevating a home, or moving a home out of harm's way, and securing items that could shake loose in an earthquake) and sometimes avoid the danger completely.

• Disasters disrupt hundreds of thousands of lives every year.  Each disaster has lasting effects, both to people and property.
   
• If a disaster occurs in your community, local government and disaster-relief organizations will try to help you, but you need to be ready as well.  Local responders may not be able to reach you immediately, or they may need to focus their efforts elsewhere.
   
• You should know how to respond to severe weather or any disaster that could occur in your area-flooding, ice storms, wind storms, extreme cold, power failure, or terrorism.
   
• You should be ready to be self-sufficient for at least 3 days.  This may mean providing for your own shelter, first aid, food, water, and sanitation.

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