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Emergency preparedness really doesn't have a season and it's pretty much of a
year-round thing however perhaps maybe the accent is a little bit on the cold
weather season when weather can be a
bigger factor in we're going to talk about some of those scenarios
with Steve Blois
our guest on Inside Greeley Steve is the emergency manager for the City of Greeley
Steve nice to have you with us
it's good to be here at always talk about emergency preparedness
for the family and at work
and when traveling
well these things are common sense but some of us uh... uh... and i
don't necessarily include anybody else in the umbrella of my comment but some
of us don't always
think about common sense things and so that's purpose of giving some reminders
to hopefully uh... rejuvenate those memory juices so to speak
that's true
uh... preparedness is an issue that more sometimes it comes to mind after the
fact when you need it better repaired and not needed than to needed and not be
prepared
were startled i know that there is a seventy two-hour kit that people can
access them
none of that's a good place to start
absolutely a
twelve months out of the year every family should have a at seventy two
archit
uh... incase power goes out in case uh... i the parody uh... use power water
uh... something emergency comes up and it's past summer level fires have been
technolo families in them
and a m stand about this now by should always have
seventy two hours with a food water uh... easy to prepare extra clothes
uh...
uh... prescription drugs at pet food if you have pets
uh... all your legal documents that important that you can grabbing runways
if you need to decorate
and also uh... cash that uh...
it he has been a always work
so you want to have some cash for those emergency funds
and i suspect that probably there a lot of people
like me again at middle age that really don't do these things even after being
reminded that hopefully if enough reminders i come home that that will
occur
that's correct and a seventy two arcade is not that hard prepare
if you take it in steps uh...
every week when you go to the store at some additional uh... uh... extra food
water so forth and always lists are available online
uh... through fema or
the website we talk about is w_w_w_
ready colorado dot com
all that information is found on at that location and as i indicated in some way
over here are remarks uh... obviously a lot of these things are in a related to
adverse weather and of course uh... when ur time his love the more prone to that
although certainly wouldn't uh... that is no exclusion of opportunity
in the summertime in warmer weather months as well
that's correct when we're traveling wintertime
uh... we wanna find out ahead of time no weather patterns coming uh...
check with the colorado deal t
uh... highway safety and find about find out about that passes and and
expected snow nice weather
you want and uh... mitigate is much danger when you travel organised
possible
uh... kind of accentuate a little bit more about vehicle suppose resonances
are homes or what should you have that vehicle one in particular
the holidays and throughout the winter
you know you have all your the presence of the truck your car and all the
festive goods and and snack place and so forth but you also want to double pack
of the information about road conditions in your head and then uh... items such
as uh... first aid kit a weather radio extra warm clothes uh... flashlight
extra batteries and fluids uh... water juices in case you have to get stopper
held up i due to weather
and then always of course that's no us no change for your vehicle and uh... for
typing this reported in this day and age and i'm sure that goes without saying
probably that we do have a release most people have access
to computers whether it be at home or at the local library or wherever you might
do that and you can access that information
much easier than uh...
decades ago
that's sure uh... also people travel safely before computers just by
listening to the radio tv
upcoming weather
uh... that situational awareness it's much easier to get nowadays but b dot as
you say you don't have to be uh... computer savvy or have a computer data
link
get that information
and it goes without saying that in addition of the things that you might
put in your vehicle obviously you have your vehicle improper running order of
tires in good shape in condition and that sort of thing but again
i get back i guess in the common sense arena by saying some of those things
that's correct uh... make sure your snow your tires are
have enough to bert ready to get you through on snow uh... how your changes a
snow tires is always a good idea in the winter time a colorado
uh... even though agree leads down the planes here
uh... we can have a serious weather down here uh... as we uh... as we do and i
mountains
you know when we go back to forms of communication and particularly as
relates to the media again getting back into the home or maybe even on the road
but particularly i think it'll
if you have uh... adequate battery-operated radios if it comes down
to that you don't have electricity you need some sort of element uh... that
will access uh... media information that might be a
broadcaster look at a given time
that's correct the uh...
your radio and a car as well as a backup uh... radio uh... portable radio that
you can pick up a merck and see whether uh... notifications and month one last
thing delay with his uh...
travel in the winter time take your time don't exceed uh...
several conditions dept they're safe
that's what support and there is an on line uh... address where people can
access additional information
that's correct as i said before it's w_w_w_
uh... dot reddy colorado
dot com at a location we can have plenty of there's a lot of lists and checklists
and supply lists and information for your ah...
uh... further for from one of your preparedness needs
valuable information but again uh... the paramount thing is to keep it in buying
before you travel and or even when you're staying at home
because of course whether an unknown circumstances obviously could strike at
any time
city boys thanks so much for your information in uh... for all of the
thing to protect the public for good thanks so much
the diplomat who have held
touristy place again emergency manager for the city is really our guest on
inside