CHECKLIST FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
for emergencies that do not require immediate evacuation
__ Check utilities and turn off if necessary.
__ Provide first aid to your family if necessary.
__ Families
should gather in a safe, pre-designated area, to assess the physical and
emotional needs of each family member.
__ As soon
as possible contact your Block Captain either by phone (if working) or by going
to the Block Captains home in person. Report on the medical, property, and
physical conditions of yourself and/or family, whether they are okay, hurt
mildly, needing immediate first aid, dead, or missing. Before leaving your home
hang the appropriate 8½ x 11 card on your home, as close to the front door as
possible or where the front door was:
__ Before leaving your home hang the appropriate 8½ x 11 card or ribbon on your home, as close to the front door as possible:
Green - “All is well!”
Yellow - “Need help but not an emergency”
Red - “Immediate help or critical care is needed”
Black - “There is a deceased person(s) here”
The black ribbon or card should be used in conjunction with any of the other four ribbons,
depending on the situation
__ After
you have reported to your Block Captain all able-bodied men and women over the
age of12 not caring for small children, hurt household members, elderly, or
handicapped should report to the EOC-Emergency
Operations Center. At the EOC-Emergency
Operations Center, a first aid station will be set up to assist people within
the area to treat non critical first aid emergencies and other emergency needs.
__ If you
have a critical or life-threatening injury report to your Block Captain and
then go directly to the local Hospital (if available, your Block Captain should
know or find out) or the local LDS Stake Center for treatment. A critical care
station for more extensive injuries will be set up there if the local Hospital
is unavailable. Your Block Captain should be informed on where to get the best
treatment.
__ If you
are trapped in your home stay put until your Block Captain or a search and
rescue team comes to check on you or assist you. Your Block Captain will not
try to get you out but will inform local search and rescue teams about you, so
be specific about describing you situation.
__ If your
area is required to evacuate make sure all living household members evacuate
together with members of your block and possibly area. If your situation
becomes dangerous waiting for block members who do not report, leave without them
but leave a note where you are going.
__ If you
are asked to “shelter in place” stay in your home for the amount of time the
local authorities deem it is necessary. Your Block Captain should know how long
this is. If you have a Family Service Radio you can turn to channel every night at 6:00 pm for information
from the EOC - Emergency Operations Center.
If the emergency is a nuclear incident
wait in your shelter or home 14 days
exactly after the last explosion before starting this checklist.
The EOC-Emergency Operations Center will be located at ______________________________.
The alternate EOC-Emergency Operations Center is located _____________________________
This is in case the first choice is uninhabitable.
CHECKLIST
FOR BLOCK CAPTAINS
for emergencies that do not require immediate evacuation
__ Save your own life and that of your family first.
__ Check utilities and turn off if necessary.
__ Provide first aid to your family if necessary.
__ Turn on a Family Service Radio to channel _____ (if you have one).
__ Check with the EOC-Emergency
Operations Center to see if the hospital is receiving patients.
__ Wait one half (½) hour for all block members of your
assigned block or area to report.
__ While
waiting for all members to report, take an inventory of physical and medical
condition including food, water, sanitary conditions, and property conditions.
__ Send
the block members with non-life threatening medical conditions directly to the
EOC–Emergency Operations Center.
__ Send
the block members with life threatening medical conditions directly to the
Local Hospital (if available) or to the local LDS stake center.
__ Fill
out the first “Report to the Area (ward) Emergency Leader” and send it with a
runner to the Area (Ward) Emergency Leader at the EOC - Emergency Operations Center, even if all block members have
not reported.
__ Organize
a group (minimum of three, one runner and two searchers) to go search for the
block members that have not reported. Have them check on all homes that have
not reported in and mark them according to their condition.
__ Before leaving your home hang the appropriate 8½ x 11 card or ribbon on your home, as close to the front door as possible:
Green - “All is well!”
Yellow - “Need help but not an emergency”
Red - “Immediate help or critical care is needed”
Black - “There is a deceased person(s) here”
The black ribbon or card should be used in conjunction with any of the other four ribbons,
depending on the situation
__ Gather
all able-bodied men and young men that are not involved in your search party
and send them to the EOC-Emergency Operations Center for area-wide assignment.
__ Organize
several young women to care of the children of your block to free up the
mothers so that they can be sent to the EOC-Emergency Operations Center for area-wide assignment.
__ Gather
all able-bodied women and young women together that are not caring for children
and are not involved in your search party and send them to the EOC-Emergency Operations Center for
area-wide assignment.
__ Follow
the instructions of the area, bishop, ward or stake emergency leaders, police,
national guard, or other local authority.
__ If you
are a CERT team member take your first report after it is filled out
and go to the EOC-Emergency Operations Center for assignment.
__ After 3
hours send another runner with a new report to the Area (ward) emergency leader
even if your first runner has not returned.
__ After 6 hours send another runner to the Area (ward)
emergency leader with a new report.
__ If your area is required to evacuate make sure all living
block members of your group evacuate together. If your situation becomes
dangerous waiting for block members who do not report, leave without them but
leave a note where you are going.
__ If you
are asked to “shelter in place” stay in your home for the amount of time the
local authorities deem it is necessary. You need to find out how long this is
so you can pass this information on to members of your block. If you have a
Family Service Radio you can turn to channel every night at 6:00 pm for information
from the EOC - Emergency Operations Center .
__ If the emergency is a nuclear incident, wait in your
shelter or home 14 days exactly
after the last explosion before starting this checklist.
__ Maintain a diary of events as they happen.
The EOC-Emergency Operations Center will be located at _________________________________.
The alternate EOC-Emergency Operations Center is located ________________________________ This is in case
the first choice is uninhabitable.
CHECKLIST FOR AREA (WARD) EMERGENCY LEADER
for emergencies that do not require immediate evacuation
__ Save your own life and that of your family first.
__ Check utilities and turn off if necessary.
__ Provide first aid to your family as needed.
__ Work with and CERT teams and or CERT Team Leaders to get
the following set up.
__ After checking with your Block Captain go straight to the
EOC - Emergency Operation Center location and begin to set it up.
__ Turn on your Family Service Radio to channel ____ . (if you have one)
__ Wait up to 1 hour for all Block Captains to report.
__ While
waiting for all areas to report take an inventory, of those who come in first,
that includes food, water, clothing, sanitary conditions and the conditions of
personal, business, and church property.
__ Set up
a first aid station to treat members that come for non life threatening medical
care. All life threatening care members should have been sent directly to the
Local Hospital (if available) or stake house.
__ Fill
out the “Report to the Stake Emergency Leader” as soon as possible. The report to
the Stake Emergency Leader should be filled out by both the Bishop and the Ward
Emergency Leader and then sent to the stake emergency leader who should be the
stake president or one of his counselors.
Do not forget to include all non-members living within the ward
boundaries in your reports and emergency relief needs.
__ Organize
groups of three (two searchers and one runner) to search for the Block Captain
runners that have not reported.
__ Assign
and provide medical attention, food clothing, water, shelter and sanitary needs
according to the area needs.
__ Start
reconstruction, cleanup, and reestablishing lights, gas, water and sanitary
services according to the limitations of the emergency.
__ Follow
all orders of the stake emergency leader, bishopric, police, national guard or
other local authority.
__ When
and if help begins arriving from the stake emergency leader distribute it
according to the needs of the different areas and follow and additional
instructions from the stake emergency leader.
__ 6 hours
after the emergency send a new runner with a new report to the stake emergency
leader, even if your first runner has not returned.
__ 12
hours after the emergency send a new runner with a new report to the stake
emergency leader, even if your first runner has not returned.
__ As soon
as possible meet with all members of the Ward Emergency Preparedness Committee
and establish the EOC - Emergency Operations Center and the following groups
(as needed):
1) Communications
Center
2) First Aid Clinic
(for those members who have not been sent to critical care)
3) Search and
Rescue Teams (use the CERT members that are already trained for this)
4) Fire Suppression
Crews (use the CERT members that are already trained for this)
5) Transportation
needs
6) Safety and
Security
7) Housing
and Shelter
8) Fuel, Heating,
and Lighting
9) Water and Sanitation
10) Morgue (at
the stake center)
11) Cleanup
and Construction
12) Food Preparation
and Distribution
13) Clothing Distribution
Center
14) Child, Elderly
and Handicap Care
15) Morale and
Recreation
16) Psychological
and Emotional Care
__ As men
and women volunteers arrive assign them in to groups as needed for the above
groups.
__ Maintain
contact with all Block Captains during the full extent of the emergency.
__ If
evacuation of the area is necessary see that the ward members travel as group
and with their Block Captains and report to you as soon as they arrive at the
evacuation destination.
__ If you
are asked to “shelter in place” stay in your home for the amount of time the
local authorities deem it is necessary. Maintain communication with your Block
Captain and bishop through a Family Service Radio on channel every night at 6:00 pm.
__ If the
emergency is a nuclear incident, wait 14
days exactly after the last explosion before implementing this checklist.
__ Maintain a diary of events as they happen.
The EOC-Emergency Operations Center will be located at ______________________________.
The alternate EOC-Emergency Operations Center is located _____________________________ This is in case
the first choice is uninhabitable.
CHECKLIST FOR BISHOPS & BISHOPRICS
for emergencies that do not require immediate evacuation
__ Save
your own life and that of your family first.
__ Check
utilities and turn off if necessary.
__ Provide first aid to your family as needed.
__ As soon
as possible contact your Block Captain either by phone (if working) or by going
to the Block Captains home in person. Report on the property, physical, and
medical conditions of yourself and/or family, whether they are okay, hurt
mildly, needing immediate first aid, dead, or missing.
__ Before
leaving your home hang the appropriate 8½ x 11 card or ribbon on your home, as
close to the front door as possible:
Green - “All is well!”
Yellow - “Need help but not an emergency”
Red - “Immediate help or critical care is
needed”
Black - “There is a deceased person(s) here”
The black ribbon or card should be used in
conjunction with any of the other four ribbons,
depending
on the situation
__ After checking with your Block Captain go straight to the
EOC- Emergency Operations Center.
__ In the
event that the Area (Ward) Emergency Leader or their successors are unable to
perform their functions it will be the responsibility of the Bishop or Bishopric
to take over direction of the Emergency Leadership. Ultimately whether the Area
(Ward) Emergency Leader is present or not, all
final decisions regarding the welfare of the people living within the ward
boundaries falls on the Bishop or Bishopric. The Area (Ward) Emergency Leader
is there to direct the post emergency process of rescue, aid, restoration of
services, and cleanup and to make those decisions necessary to implement that
process but again all final decisions are made by the Bishop or Bishopric.
__ The Bishop
is responsible for overseeing the necessary emergency response activities
within his ward boundaries. His counselors should assist him in carrying out
his duties. Using the established Ward Emergency Preparedness Committee members
and plan of action he should work in conjunction with the Area (Ward) Emergency
Leader to assist all people living within the ward boundaries. The Bishop
reports directly to the Stake Emergency Leader which should be the Stake President
or one of his counselors regarding the emergency actions he has initiated
within his ward, the urgent needs of people within his ward boundaries, and the
reserve resources available for assisting people in other wards.
__ After
you have reported to your Block Captain and the Area (Ward) Emergency Leader, watch
over the whole process and help out where you can. The communication and EOC-Emergency Operations Center are of
utmost importance to have working orderly.
__ The
“Report to the Stake Emergency Leader” form should be filled out by both the Bishop
and the Ward Emergency Leader and then sent to the stake emergency leader who
should be the stake president or one of his counselors.
__ Follow
the instructions of the Stake Emergency Leader, police, national guard, city
emergency manager or other local authority.
__ If you
are asked to “shelter in place” stay in your home for the amount of time the
local authorities deem it is necessary. Your Block Captain should know how long
this is. If you have a Family Service Radio you can turn to channel every night at 6:00 pm for information
from the EOC - Emergency Operations Center.
__ If the
emergency is a nuclear incident, wait 14
days exactly after the last explosion before implementing this checklist.
__ Maintain a diary of events as they happen.
The EOC-Emergency Operations Center will be located at ______________________________.
The alternate EOC-Emergency Operations Center is located _____________________________ This is in case
the first choice is uninhabitable.
