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Know
the routines - |
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Be alert
as you go about your daily business. This will help you to learn the
normal routines of your neighborhood, community, and workplace.
Understanding these routines will help you to sot anything out of
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Be
Aware - |
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Get to
know your neighbors at home. Be on the lookout for suspicious
activities such as unusual conduct in your neighborhood and workplace.
learn to spot suspicious packages, luggage or mail abandoned in a
crowded place like an office building, an airport, a school, or a
shopping center. |
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Take
what you hear seriously - |
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If you
hear or know of someone who has bragged or talked about plans that
harm citizens in violent attacks and who claims membership in a
terrorist organization, take it seriously and report it to law
enforcement immediately. |
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GENERAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS |
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Make a
list of important local numbers - |
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Write down
important numbers, such as non-emergency numbers for the police
department, fire department and FBI field office. Keep them by the
telephone and make copies for yourself and family to keep in wallets
and purses. |
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Write
down telephone numbers and contact information for your family - |
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Keep one
copy by the telephone and provide others to family and friends. |
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Make a
neighborhood directory and plan - |
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Include
emergency contact information and plans for children and seniors.
Identify neighbors who need additional help and develop a plan to
assist them in an emergency. |
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Organize an emergency preparedness kit - |
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3 to 5
day supply of water (one gallon per person per day) |
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Food
that will not spoil and requires no cooking |
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First
aid kit & needed medical supplies |
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Emergency tools like a battery powered radio, cell phones,
flashlights and extra batteries |
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Personal items like toilet paper & plastic garbage bags |
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A
portable emergency generator, if possible. |
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