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Health unit offers emergency planning session
to prepare Huron County families for risk
Jennifer Hubbard
Attendance at a recent Preparing
Your Family for Emergencies semi-
nar was limited, but the message
"be prepared" is one that's applica-
ble to everyone, said Gary Wood,
county emergency -management
coordinator.
"Three things must happen under
the Emergency Management Act.
We need to develop a plan, educate
the public and perform trainings or
tabletop exercises," he explained.
"We want to get the message out
the best we can. We've tried this
way, it wasn't as successful as we'd
like, so we'll try something else."
Participants in the Oct. 19 semi-
nar at the Huron County Health
Unit in Clinton were encouraged to
consider the risks their family is
most likely to face and how each one
may affect them.
An emergency pre-
paredness guide —
available at www.safe-
canada.ca or through
the health unit — offers
a basic checklist that
can be used to create a
customized family
emergency plan, public
health nurse Donna
Parsons said.
"We focus on four
steps: prepare, plan,
practise and stay
informed," she
explained. "It's impor-
tant when creating
your plan to use a step-
by-step approach so
Seatbelt
laws need
a second
look
From Page 4
Statistics do show that
children are eight
times safer travelling
in a school bus rather
than a car.
But, as I was always
told growing up, it's
better to be safe than
sorry.
Let's not wait for our
own tragedy before we
take another look at
our seatbelt laws.
that you don't feel overwhelmed. A
solid plan your
family under-
stands will help
keep you safe in
an emergency"
An emer-
gency kit —
including med-
ical supplies,
flashlights,
spare batteries,
copies of impor-
tant papers,
clothing, blan-
kets, contact
numbers and
personal items
— is an impor-
tant part of
that plan,
Parsons added.
She also encouraged families to
have a minimum three-day supply
of food and water for all people and
pets in their household, on -hand in
case of an emer-
gency.
"Whenever
you hear of a
pandemic or
emergency in
your communi-
ty, it brings in a
fear and anxi-
ety of the
unknown. One
of the . best
defences
against the
unknown is to
plan ahead,"
Parsons said.
The seminar
also included a
discussion on
pandemic versus
epidemic influenza. A pandemic is
defined as a "worldwide outbreak,"
while an epidemic is "an outbreak
a fear and
anxiety of the unknown.
One of the best defences
against the unknown is
to plan ahead,' --
Public Health Nurse
Donna Parsons
in a certain area."
"A pandemic influenza would be a
new strain that no one had been
exposed to. Worldwide pandemics
could go any where, any season,"
Parsons explained.
Parsons encouraged anyone with
questions about creating their own
emergency plan to contact her at
(519) 482-3416.
Huron representatives — including
hospitals, doctors, long-term care
facilities, the Community Care
Access Centre of Huron and county
employees — attended a similar
emergency management planning
day -long seminar at the health unit
on Friday.
"We come together as a group to
formulate a plan as to how we are
going to work together in the, event
of an emergency," Wood explained.
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