The Federal Emergency Management Agency and American Red Cross provide the following information on Family Disaster Plans. Pamphlets on this subject are available from the Moore County Emergency Management Office. To prepare your family for a disaster you must have a plan.
Disasters can strike quickly and without warning.
It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood or confine you to your home. The disaster may leave you without electricity and telephones. Assistance from local emergency responders and utility crews will be on the scene after a disaster but they cannot reach everyone right away. A NOAA Weather Alert Radio will notify you whenever the National Weather Service issues a weather watch or warning. Animals may not be allowed in a shelters due to health regulations.