Emergency Preparedness Information
Everyone should at the minimum adhere to Maryland's Plan 9.
This is the 9 essential things everyone should have to be prepared for a
disaster or emergency. Now is the time to GET READY!
Plan 9
Everyone should also have a plan on how they will communicate during a
disaster or emergency. We depend on our cells phones for every day
communications but in many disaster situations they are the first thing to
go out. You need to think and plan now how you will communicate, where you
will meet, how you will evacuate and how will you care for your pet.
Family Emergency Plan
This link is the Cecil County Family Emergency Planning Guide put out by the
Department of Emergency Services. This is the latest version which I updated
working with DES. It contains a lot of good information specific to our
county.
CCFEP2011
I encourage all our residents sign up with the Department of Emergency
Services Blackboard Connect. This will ensure that you are alerted by
officials of situations that can affect you. It allows you to register many
different devices with which to contact you to make sure you receive
important information.
Blackboard Connect
If you have disability it would be in your best interest to complete an
Emergency Needs Survey for the Department of Emergency Services. They survey
is only a couple of questions about what your specific needs are for your
disability. The information will be stored in a confidential data base, when
you call 911 the emergency personnel will be alerted to your requirements.
In a disaster situation DES will know who has special needs in a particular
area and can respond accordingly.
Special Needs Survey
This list was originally put together by former long time EF resident John
Poole. I liked it so much I've tried to keep it up to date and hand it out
to people I give presention for the Cecil County Health Department. It is a
useful list of contacts for our area.
Emergency Contact List
Since our August 23, 2011 earthquake I get a lot of questions on what you
should do during a earthquake. After some research it turns out it depends
on where you are at. In the United State our building codes pretty much
insure that total building collapse is unlikely and the FEMA recommendation
of duck under a table is best. However, if you're not in the US you may be
more likely to survey by laying next to something that will not completely
compress like a file cabinet. Bottom line you should always know what
emergency procedures are best for where you are at, BE INFORMED, it can save
your life.
What to Do Earthquake
The western section of Cecil County is within the 10 mile emergency planning
zone (EPZ) for the Peach Bottom Atomic power plant. All of Cecil County is
within the 50 mile ingestion pathway of several nuclear power plants which
if a incident happened radiation could contaminate our food and water
resources. Here is some information about radiation be it from a power plant
or dirty bomb that everyone should know.
Radiation FAQ
FEMA Get Ready Information
For more information on the things you can do to get ready go to: