Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
Supplies:
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A tape recorder
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A notebook or log book
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Spare pencils or pens
Identification:
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Your government-issued credential with photograph
Contact Lists:
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The call-down list for all key personnel
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Contact information for key state counterparts or liaisons
Clothing:
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Seasonable outerwear
Optional Items:
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A portable two-way radio with extra batteries (not to be used if a bomb is
suspected)
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A flashlight with lithium batteries and a spare bulb
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A cellular phone
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Protective clothing (e.g., a hard hat, goggles, gloves, boots)
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A change of clothing
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Personal comfort items
Suggestions for Developing and Using Your Kit
Use the guidelines below when putting your survival kit together:
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Keep it simple and small. Try to keep the kit compact—small enough to
carry comfortably with you in your car.
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Direct all key subordinates to develop their own kits.
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Test the kits during preparedness exercises.
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Send enabling memos to all departments directing them to support plan
development, revision, training, and exercises.
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Attend important training and exercises personally.
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Call for multiagency critiques after each significant incident.
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Use the checklist and other materials in the kit as a guide to reviewing your
emergency management knowledge and the status of your community's
preparedness.
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Review and direct the modification of the EOP and survival kits, as necessary—
but not less often than once each year.
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Consider testing the response of your senior staff through unannounced
drills.
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Establish a sequence for reporting critical information to you, and use this
sequence as a guide for designing your own checklist.
