Shut off any other damaged utilities. Neighbors Helping Neighbors Working with your neighbors can save lives and property. Meet with your neighbors to plan how the neighborhood could work together after a disaster until help arrives. If your a member of a neighborhood organization, such as a home association or crime watch group, introduce disaster preparedness s a new activity. Make plans for child care in case parents can't get home.
Disasters happen anytime and anywhere.
And when disaster strikes, you may not have much time to respond. A highway spill of hazardous material could mean instant evacuation. A winter storm could confine your family at home. After a disaster, local officials and relief workers will be on the scene, but they cannot reach everyone immediately. You could get help in hours, or it may take days.