Be Prepared, Not Scared
Suddenly the whole house erupts in confusion. Someone banging on the front door has aroused you and your family from their sleep. The dog is barking, the kids are crying and in your half awake state you trudge downstairs to the front door. Through the front window you see the red and blue flashing lights of a police car and wonder what’s going on.
“Evening sir,” states a police officer. The police officer continues, “Sorry to wake you but there has been a major train derailment about a mile from your house. You and your family need to evacuate the area. You have 20 minutes to leave your home. Please hurry.” “Where do we go? How long will we be gone for,” you ask in shock. “I don’t know sir. Just please hurry and get your family to safety. Head to the school about 20 minutes from here. You’ll be given further instructions there.”
Thousands were displaced in Fort McMurray due to wild fires. In Saskatchewan there are devastating storms, forest fires, acts of terrorism and man made disasters that can strike with little or no warning. When faced with the situation above what would you do? For many it would be chaos as we try to grapple with the reality of leaving our home and having our lives turned upside down. Our neighbors in Alberta did just that they ran. But what if you live on the farm and are snowed in or left without power due to ice storms. What if we had a repeat of the big black out we had in Prince Albert.
Emergency Preparedness starts with you! Make sure that everyone in the family knows what to do in case of an emergency.