Block Captains

If you have been ask to be a Block Captain by your Emergency Preparation Leader/Precinct Leader, you have joined a great team.  You will learn skills that will prepare you to be a great asset in the event of an emergency.

Block Captain Duties

1.  Prepare your own household.

2.  CERT Training is valuable to guide you through that process. Look for CERT Training in your area. Invest your time in your own education of CERT Training, First Aid, CPR.  You may even be interested in becoming a HAM Radio Operator. Great skills that will benefit you for your entire life.

3.  Invest your own set of walkie talkies. You will then be vested and will want your neighborhood to succeed.

4.  Attend Block Captain Training Meetings.  You will learn how to prepare your own home and also your Neighborhood/Precinct Emergency Plan.

5.  Get to know your block of neighbors.  Give them your contact info and receive theirs.

6.   Share with your neighbors (your block) what you have learned on family preparation. Encourage your neighbors to prepare their own homes with food, water and emergency supplies.  Also how to Shelter-in Place, Alternative Heating, Lighting and Cooking, Grab 'n Go Kits, Laundry Kits, Sanitation Kits and Procedures, Car Kits, Pet Responsibility, Cold Weather Clothing, etc.

7. As you meet with your block team, get familiar with tools and equipment each other owns that would be available in the event of any type of emergency, and that you can access quickly. Become friends, look out for one another.

8.   Join in your Precinct's scheduled call-in drills to learn and sharpen your communication skills.

9.   Deliver the Emergency Ribbons to your neighbors.  Teach them how to use them and when.

10.  Report the status of your block's Emergency Ribbons for practice drills or real life event.

11.  Practice Emergency Drills with your Precinct Team and eventually with your entire District and then your City.

Your knowledge, confidence and value will increase as you gain skills, prepare your own home, and work together as a block team, and precinct team.   "You are stronger than you think"

Can YOU Sleep when the wind blows? Are you prepared?

If everyone prepares to take care of themselves and family's needs, helping others will come automatically, and that feels AWESOME!
Just like the airlines teach, put your oxygen mask on first.......Be part of the solution 
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