Check with your county Extension office and other local community groups or for ways to get involved in your area. One is to get in touch with what is going on in our own communities and neighborhoods. In our capacities as Extension staff, we have a direct conduit to local government officials. This is a good time to get in touch with or re-establish contact with the community leaders. They should know what is going on within the Extension Service, and we should know what activities are occurring in our communities.
Most communities have an individual assigned to emergency management.
This is the coordinator for all types of situations including power outages, floods, etc. List of local Emergency Services Coordinator offices . This organization could be involved in actual planning activities or could provide the contact information for individuals, local Web sites, etc. The Chamber's contact list may be helpful. Some communities are getting very organized and have already set up committees of agencies and emergency services.