Fall Disaster Preparedness

Disaster preparedness is a hot topic this Fall. People are preparing their churches/employees for the Flu Pandemic and the people along the Green River are preparing for possible flooding caused by weaknesses in the Howard Hanson Dam. Below are some steps and available resources that clergy and churches can take to be ready.

Step One – Learn how to write a Disaster Plan for your church
For ideas on how to write a local church Disaster Plan, Brett DeMond, 360-482-3037, livingart@centurytel.net is available to present an UMCOR training on church Disaster Plan preparation called, “Connecting Neighbors.”
Step Two - Write a Disaster Plan for your local church that integrates with the Conference Disaster Plan.
Step Three - Encourage staff and parishioners to take disaster preparedness training (see below)
Step Four - Encourage staff and parishioners to make the necessary preparations based on their congregational Disaster Plan and their training, reading, and experience.

Resources:
General Disaster Preparedness Courses and Materials
www.redcross.org/preparedness
www.fema.org/areyouready

Pandemic Flu:
www.redcross/pandemicflu.org
www.pandemicflu.org
www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic
www.hhs.gov/pandemicflu

Additional Disaster Preparation Assistance:
L. George Abrams, 509-235-4940, LGAbrams@centurytel.net
Ronda Cordill, 509-623-0466