PRE-QUAKE PREPARATION STEPS
CVDPN
TIPS TO PROTECT YOUR HOME • Learn basic first aid, CPR, and how to 'Stop the Bleed' (see CVDPN.ORG website).
• Take a Community Emergency Response Team COACHELLA VALLEY • Use furniture straps to secure furniture to
studs in the wall, and cupboard latches to (C.E.R.T.) class. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS NETWORK keep things inside them
• Set up and practice an escape plan and a
• Use earthquake putty to anchor lamps, designated place for your family to meet. Andreas knick-knacks, and other loose items San
• Get "Go Bags" packed for everyone containing
a change of clothes, toiletry kits (toothbrush, Fault
• Make sure there is nothing heavy over your
bed that could fall on you, or heavy furniture paste, deodorant, cleansing wipes, etc.), nearby that could tip over on you medications, and copies of essential documents. Have a "Go Bag" secured under
• Secure water heaters and appliances to wall every bed. studs to prevent shifting
• Make copies of important documents (deeds, NO COMMUNITY • Relocate breakable, heavy objects, and insurance, etc.) Store them electronically and in chemical or paint containers to lower another safe place. Put copies in plastic bags in LEFT BEHIND shelves, especially in garages your "Go Bag."
• If you have a medical condition requiring About Us
• Choose an "out of area" communication
electricity, contact your utility provider and We are a 100% volunteer organization whose contact as an alternate way to contact people. mission is to provide both English and Spanish consider purchasing a portable generator. (Cell phones will probably not work.) speaking citizens of the Coachella Valley with
• Know if, when, and how to shut off your all-inclusive personal and community training, We are so grateful for our donors and education, and networking opportunities to be power, water, and gas. sponsors. This brochure is brought to you by prepared for all disasters. Our vision is for all local communities to be resilient, cohesive, and self-
sufficient entities in meeting the challenges of a
major disaster. We support all first responders!
AUTO SURVIVAL KITS EDISON Hot Springs
• Water and food (protein bars) CVDPN relies entirely upon donor support.
Battery and/or hand crank flashlights Please help us save lives by donating on Palm Cathedral Thousand Palms Springs City
• Toilet paper, plastic bags with ties, our website, CVDPN.org.
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and containers for waste disposal P.O. Box 12613 Mirage Palm Desert
• Emergency blankets Palm Desert, CA 92255 Indio
andian Coachella
• Keep your gas tank at least half full. Phone: (951) 218-0188 Wells La (Gas pumps require power to pump.) Quinta
• First aid kit and tools www.CVDPN.org
2023
CRITICAL FACTS (CONTINUED CRITICAL FACTS) HOW TO GET STARTED CHECK LIST • External communications will most likely
The estimated magnitude of "Our Quake" will also be interrupted. Cell phone towers FEMA recommends 1 gallon of water be 7.8 or greater and last up to or more than may not be operational. per person per day for at least ten days, 2-3 minutes, in which case we can expect: (plus 1/2 gallon per person per day tor • Utilities: Gas, water, and electricity all may cooking, hygiene, intants d pets) • Primary road access, Interstate 10, which be disrupted indetinitely. Food - Nonperishable, canned, and/or parallels the fault and crosses it in two dehydrated, plus food for infants & pets places, is likely to become impassable from • YOU may be the PRIMARY source Los Angeles to Phoenix indetinitely. (Road for water, food, first aid, shelter, and other First aid kit & manual (First Aid training a plus) upheaval, bridge, overpass collapses, etc.) necessities in the days immediately Flashlights with spare batteries
Driving out may not be teasible. following a disaster.
Portable battery-operated radio with spare
• Hospitals in our Valley have informed the batteries
SURVIVE IT!
public that they will be unable to provide • Matches in a waterproof container medical services at the onset. Their priority
will be evacuating their existing patients to If You Feel Shaking or Get an Alert: Fire extinguisher (ABC multipurpose type) prepare for residents.
Extra prescriptions, glasses, medicines
• Emergency services (fire, ambulance, etc.) Manual can opener will likely be overwhelmed for the first If Possible
several days. Their priority response will be Tools: axe, shovel, screwdriver, hammer, to high-density populations and high DROP! COVER! HOLD ON! wrench, pliers, ropes, pocketknife, crowbar occupancy building fires. › Fuel for heating and cooking • Airports will be a priority for repair and ~ Shelter, bedding, blankets, tarps/ shelter reopening but will probably remain closed Using
Cane
to the public and dedicated first to only Heavy work gloves, sturdy shoes, or boots DROP! COVER! HOLD ON!
incoming assistance and government Additional clothing
evacuations.
Copies of all important documents
• Government response (local, regional, Using
Mess kits: paper cups, plates and disposable
state, and Federal) WILL be activated upon Walker utensils, paper towel, cooking and serving a declaration of a disaster by California's LOCK! COVER! HOLD ON! utensils governor, but their first duties are to
gather information on the damages, Paper, pens, and pencils prioritize the needs, and then allocate the Books, games, puzzles, and cards supplies and relief services available based Using
Wheelchair
on those priorities. You will likely NOT A large, sealable garbage can will hold all this and more receive immediate assistance from these LOCK! COVER! HOLD ON! and should be located outside the home. agencies for at least a week.
EarthquakeCountry.org/step5
(CONTINUED IN NEXT COLUMN) Additional resources, weblinks, tutorials, videos, educational materials, events,
Earthquake
PACING 3L3 CENTER educational seminars, and much more,
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www.CVDPN.org FEMA can be found at CVDPN.org