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Promoting Personal Preparedness:
Universal Design and Health Interventions
By Garrett Simonsen, guest contributor
Transcript: You Don't Have to Prepare Alone
NARRATOR: I know emergencies like blzzards or house fires can happen to me. I want to plan ahead for them. So I asked my neighbor Ann to make an emergency plan with me. We used a checklist from our local health department to get supplies and pick where to meet in an emergency. Now I feel prepared because we have a plan. Plus, Ann and I check up on each other. We're each other's safety net. So contact your local health department or city or town hall to start your planning, too.
Be prepared. Plan ahead.
About the Writers
Garrett Simonsen is the Regional Exercise and Training Coordinator at the Cambridge Advanced Practice Center for Emergency Preparedness. The Cambridge Public Health Department is home to one of eight Advanced Practice Centers for Emergency Preparedness funded by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) to develop and demonstrate innovative emergency preparedness programs to be shared with other health departments in the country.
John Cavanagh and Anne Malia co-edit Emergency Info Online and 30 Resources, 30 Days.
