Disaster can strike anywhere and without warning. It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood or confine you to your home. What would you do if basic services like water, gas, electricity or telephones were cut off? Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot reach everyone right away. Therefore, the best way to make your family and your home safer is to be prepared before disaster strikes.

Operation Blessing encourages you and your family to act now to prepare, before disaster strikes. The following information will help equip you for the unexpected:

• Flood Safety
• Hurricane Preparedness
• Earthquake Safety
• Tornado Safety
• Carbon Monoxide Threats
• Landslide and Debris Flow (Mudslides)
• Terrorism: Preparing for the Unexpected
• Tsunami Safety
• Volcano Safety
• Winter Storm Readiness
• Wildfire Safety

Additional ways to ensure you and your family are ready for disaster include making a family disaster plan and building a disaster supplies kit. Detailed information and additional family safety tips can be found at the following links:

• Family Disaster Plan
• Family Disaster Supplies Kit
• Comfort & Hope
• Disaster Coloring Book
• Fire Safety Checklist
• Water Conservation

For more preparedness information, please visit the FEMA website.