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Emergency Preparedness for Mobilehome Communities: A Neighborhood
Disaster Survival Guide (Survival Guide Series)
BOOK DETAIL
Series: Survival Guide Series (Book 2) Paperback: 149 pages Publisher: Independently published (April 17, 2018) Language: English ISBN-10:
1980594759 ISBN-13: 978-1980594758 Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.3 x 8 inches Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and
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Book Description
Your mobilehome community is vulnerable. You've put in the hours to complete the CERT course or other emergency response training, and
you're confident that YOU are prepared. But in a big disaster, will your neighbors know how to protect themselves? Will they be able to
help your family if you aren't there? In a typical mobilehome community, neighbors are close. If some are unprepared, that makes it even
more dangerous for those around them. But when neighbors work together, safety and security for the whole community are improved.
When we moved to a new community in 2001, these realities became obvious. We didn't like the odds. So we gathered up our energy, our
marketing skills and our experience as trainers and began what has turned out to be a 15+ year experiment at improving emergency
preparedness in our community.This book details what we have learned so far about building a neighborhood emergency response team. And
our goal is to present it in so others can use it to build their own neighborhood teams. Of course, every community is different. And while
we approach building a neighborhood team in three broadly defined steps, we try to include many, many ways to go about getting there.The
three steps are simple: (1) Prepare yourself and your family (2) Get CERT training and build a core group around you (3) Build and document
your neighborhood “plan” for credibility and consistency.Sounds simple, but there are so many choices to be made along the way! Some of
the resources we think will make choices easier: •Using the advantages – and watching out for the disadvantages – of living in a mobilehome
community. •List after list of emergency supplies for survival kits, evacuation kits, pet survival kits, etc.•Eight priorities for personal
preparations•MANY suggestions for holding meetings that will recruit new members and keep them involved (We have been involved in
hundreds of such meetings over the years!)•List of emergency items your neighborhood team members will want – and will appreciate•7
things about your park and location to investigate before you even start building the team•Step by step to creating the “organization chart”
and filling in the blanks with neighbors’ names•Sample charts, communications matrix, meeting invitations•Legal alerts and warnings•“Real
life” short stories of things we tried that didn’t work so well!Finally, we admit to some of our frustrations with the process – and we try to
remind enthusiastic leaders about what to expect from volunteers!There are no guarantees in this book. Emergencies by their very

definition are unexpected and unknown. What we do know, though, is that whatever preparations you and your neighbors make, and whatever
planning you do, give you a better chance of keeping that emergency from becoming a disaster.