After a Disaster: LifeWorks

Communications

Notify Your Local Fire Dept if you have a frail, elderly or special needs person living at your home

Prepare an Insurance Claim after a disaster

Turn off the Gas to your home or business

Turn off the Water  Supply

Turn off the Power - properly

Strap your water heater

Carry a Pet Emergency Card

if you have pets at home

General Tips for Pet Owners from California OES

Specific Tips for Birdkeepers

Tips for Disabled or non-ambulatory persons

Tips for the Elderly

Make an Emergency Backpack

Evacuation Plan Templates

Ready Gov template

Red Cross template

Sample Plan template

Organizing Your Neighborhood

California's OES has produced a brief document containing tips and suggestions for how to organize your neighborhood for first response if emergency services are unable to get to your neighborhood right away after a quake.

Emergency Blankets

Waterproof Blankets

Layering clothing

Thinsulate or Polypropylene

long underwear and socks

Keeping your feet dry and warm

Prepare a way to take care  of bathroom needs with a portable bucket-type porta-potty and pop privacy shelter  see  version  1  or 2 or 3. Many camping stores have these items available. Shopping online will give you a better price comparison. Line buckets with heavyduty trash can liners for easy quick disposal.We found the seats available at reasonable prices here: iPrepare

LuggableLoo add to your own 5 or 6 gallon bucket from Home Depot or Lowes

Storing Water for your family

Storing Water for your Pet(s)

Water supply disruption may last much loinger than expected