047982p00 Gloucester NJ 2012 9x11 resized.qxp 9/5/2012 1:17 PM Page 17 GENERAL INFORMATION 17 Emergency Evacuation Instructions CUSTOMER INFO GUIDE Family Emergency Preparedness Actions • Establish an out-of-state friend to act as a contact - Create a Disaster Plan for separated family members. Discuss the types of disasters that are most likely to • Show each member of the household how to turn happen. off water, gas and electricity and consider neighbors Learn your community’s warning signals and what you who may need assistance. Listen for emergency should do when you hear them. • Monitor weather conditions on NOAA Weather Radio - 162.475 MHz. information on local radio, Pick two places to meet: • Post emergency numbers by telephones. 1. Right outside your home in case of sudden TV and Cable stations and emergency, like a fire. • Install smoke detectors on each level of your home; check batteries once a month and change them 2. Outside your neighborhood in case you can’t return twice a year when the time changes. monitor Emergency Alert home (everyone must know the address and phone number). • Find out where children will be sent if they are in school when an evacuation is announced. System information on the Family Disaster Supplies Kit - Papers and Valuables: EAS radio stations Put together a disaster supplies kit for • Social Security cards your family before a disaster strikes • Driver’s License WKDN 106.9 FM and including the following: • Prescription medications & medical information. • Insurance Policies WNJC 1360 AM. • Special dietary food if required. • Savings and checking account books • First-aid kits - one for your home and one for your • Birth Certificates car. • Cash and credit cards • Lantern, flashlight, or other emergency lighting. • Deeds • Food that does not need to be refrigerated or cooked. • Inventory of household goods • Rotate stored food every six months. • Marriage/death records • Personal aids, eyeglasses, hearing aids, etc. • Wills • Insurance information. • Stocks and bonds For more information visit • Portable radio and extra batteries. • Small valuables: cameras, watches, jewelry, etc. www.Ready.NJ.gov or call 2 1 1. • Baby supplies such as food, formula, disposable Keep items in an air-tight bag. diapers, etc. Keep the items you would most likely need during • Water in plastic jugs or other covered containers. an evacuation in an easy-to-carry container. • Change water every three months. Hurricane Information and Actions • Make arrangements for your pets. They will not be Commonly used petroleum and chemical products for Emergency Information will be broadcast on local allowed in public shelters. homes, stores, shops and industry are transported on radio and television stations. Leave areas early that • Top off underground tanks to prevent flotation. highways and railroads. Accidental spills or fires can might be affected by storm surge flooding. generate situations that endanger human health and • Put together materials needed to take to a shelter environment. It is very important that you listen to the such as prescription medications – Special dietary recommendations of the emergency management food – Specific medical information – Personal officials and immediately take the action they aides, eyeglasses, hearing aids, etc. recommend. 130 • Remember, late evacuations will take longer to clear Bridgeport Leave When Advised To Do So By Local the threatened area – evacuate early and promptly. Officials 295 295 • Stay tuned for emergency information on local radio, 45 A Hurricane Watch is issued for a coastal area when TV and Cable stations. 322 there is a threat of hurricane conditions within 24-36 Woodbury hours. It means you must take actions to obtain Flood Information and Actions 47 553 supplies, secure your home and prepare to evacuate. A Flood Warning is issued as an advance notice that a Mullica 45 42 flood is imminent or is in progress at a certain Hill A553 41 A Hurricane Warning is issued when hurricane 45 conditions of strong winds, high water and storm location. Flood warnings are forecasts of impending 322 floods and are distributed to the public by the NOAA 55 47 surge are expected in a specified coastal areas in 24 77 hours or less. It means you must take action for your Weather Radio, local radio and television, and through safety. local emergency agencies. Glassboro 42 Pre-Evacuation Actions A Flash Flood Watch is issued when flash flooding is 55 possible within the designated watch area – be alert. 47 • Fill your car with gas, check car battery and oil, 322 flashlight and radio batteries. A Flash Flood Warning is issued when a flash flood 553 has been reported or is imminent – take necessary Williamstown • Put your survival kit together and refill prescription precautions. drugs and obtain special medications (e.g. insulin). Gloucester County 55 Hazardous Materials Accidents Evacuation Routes • Secure outdoor lawn furniture and loose materials, shutter windows, etc. If you are involved in or witness an incident or Malaga 322 accident involving hazardous materials, notify county • Prepare your family for evacuation. Because it and/or local authorities or call the New Jersey 40 depends on the strength, location and direction of Department of Environmental Protection Emergency 0123450.5 the hurricane’s movement, you may have to Action Hotline (24 hours) at 1-609-292-7172 or Miles evacuate even before a hurricane warning is issued. 1-877-927-6337 (toll-free). Stay up wind and clear of the area. INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS PROVIDED BY THE NEW JERSEY STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT YOUR COUNTY AND/ORMUNICIPAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR LISTED IN THE GOVERNMENT PAGES..