Emergency Preparedness EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MANAGER MIKE BAMBERGER emergency.oregonstate.edu

Let’s talk about preparedness… 1 Corvallis, OR

Step 1 – Develop your plan What are your risks?  Family members  Medication  Pets  Home to School (eg. Do you have to cross a river)  Utilities  Natural Hazards  Supplies  Food  Water  Shelter  Tools Plan for work, home, school, car 2

Reduce your risk Prioritize what you will do  Making a plan  Training  Stockpile  Retrofit/construction Do a little bit at a time  Research before you buy  Buy a little food each month  Work on water one month  Work on emergency contacts one month The important thing is to do something! 3

Use the Rule of 3’s to guide planning 4 You can live – 3 Seconds without blood 3 minutes without air 3 hours without shelter 3 days without water 3 weeks without food

Other planning guidance Time  Immediate need (minutes to hours)  Longer term (days to weeks) Quality Quantity As time goes on, more resources become available If you plan for your needs, anything you receive from an outside source is a bonus Don’t plan on the community to have systemic care available for 3 days 5

3 Seconds without blood, 3 minutes without air Take First Aid training Take CPR training  Purchase First Aid Materials  Buy a kit with contents that you know how to use  Build a kit if commercial kits give you too many “extra” things Don’t forget the animals! 6

3 hours without shelter Clothing  Warm  Dry  Seasonal Sleeping and living  Community shelter  Tarp, Tent, Canopy For each family member  Change sizes as growth continues!  Pack in plastic bags to keep dry Emergency Shelter  Poncho  Space blanket (mylar) 7

3 days without water Plan for 14 days 1 gallon per person per day ( and 1 gallon per pet per day)  Hygiene  Cooking  First Aid  Drinking Storage of water Purifying vs Filtering 8

Water Storage (Quantity) Use metal bottles Use PBA free containers Use Lexan containers Glass containers break easily Do not use milk jugs or similar materials Water can be found in your hot water heater Turn off in-coming lines in order not to contaminate your water supply Confirm with utilities if water is safe to drink (may take 3 days for them to know after an earthquake) Rotate water or apply preservative Store in cool, non-sunny location 9

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Water Quality Filter – Mechanically removes contaminants. Most filters, depending upon the filter pore size, can remove everything but viruses. Carefully read the manufacturer instructions to learn about capability Purify – Kills viruses and some bacteria but not all bacteria. Does not remove bad tastes or debris 11 PurifyFilter Boil X Disinfectant X Filter devices X Filter + disinfectant XX

Mechanical Devices 12 Katadyn TRK Drip Gravidyn Water Filter Pore size = removes Cryptosproidium & Giardia

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Chemical Amount of Water% Sodium HypochloriteAmount of Bleach to Add to Water 1 quart or liter 1% 10 drops 1 gallon40 drops 2 quarts or liters 4-6% 4 drops 1 gallon or 4 liters8 drops or 1/8 teaspoon 2.5 gallons3/8 teaspoon 5 gallons3/4 teaspoon 7 gallons1 teaspoon 15 gallons2 teaspoons 55 gallons1/8 cup 1 quart or liter 7-10% 1 drop 1 gallon4 drops 1 quart or liter Unknown 10 drops 1 gallon40 drops Note: If the water is cloudy, murky, colored, or very cold, DOUBLE the amount of bleach added. 14

Other 15 Steripen

Plan for a mix of food types  No cook – eat out of wrapper Canned goods MREs Food bars  Rehydrate – can still be eaten without heat Dehydrated Freeze dried  Cook Needed to kill germs/bacteria Eat Refrigerator and Freezer first Remember Food Allergies! Don’t pack food you won’t eat 16 3 days without food

What to look for: Long storage life Little cooking required Durable packaging Up to 2,800 calories/day for males, 2,200 calories/day for females A rounded diet  Protein  Fruit  Vegetables  Sweets 17

What is the difference? 18 PROS:CONS:  Long shelf life (cans – 25 years, packages – 7 years)  Very lightweight, very low moisture  Reconstitutes quickly, low preparation time  Best way to dry meat items  Generally tastes better than dehydrated  Retains original shape, texture, color after reconstitution  Requires no refrigeration  Retains much nutritional value  Most expensive food storage option  Most items require water to prepare  Items are bulkier than if dehydrated  If purchased in Mylar pouches, they’re susceptible to puncture PROS:CONS:  No waste  Lightweight  Long shelf life  Not easily spoiled  Requires water to prepare  Some items lose taste after reconstitution  Some items take a long time to reconstitute  Dehydration process can affect nutritional value FREEZE DRIED FOODS Freeze drying involves freezing the food, then removing almost all the moisture in a vacuum chamber, and finally sealing the food in an airtight container. DEHYDRATED FOOD Dehydrating is a method of preservation in which a food is dried or dehydrated

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Output (Pee and Poo) Don’t put anything down the pipes until you are sure the pipes are intact Health issues  Burying human waste Health laws Clay soil  Rodents, Flies, Disease Could be months to a year without sanitation system Several options  Pre-built camping toilets  Bucket system Need to plan it now, not later 20

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Other considerations Leather gloves (for moving debris) Pry bar Tarps (cover openings in your house) Solar power cell phone chargers Generator Gasoline storage Cooking stoves  Wood  Fuel  Solar 22

Learn When and How to turn off Utilities Electrical Gas Water 23

Develop preparedness kit Home Work/School Keep in car? Keep in knapsack and evacuate with you? Different then at home – can you live off of it if you cannot get home? How will you transport your kit? Travel to Coast often? Tsunami – hours to days 7-14 days in general is a good planning figure 24

Preparedness Kits Portable Backpack Not shopping bags Survivable Totes Garbage can Don’t forget fun Games Books Hurricane Isaac 25

Information Emergency.oregonstate.edu 26

A little bit of preparedness goes a long way! Questions? 27 …….now take a big breath and relax