Siskiyou County Emergency Preparedness Guide

We at Siskiyou County Public Health, in collaboration with Siskiyou County Office of Emergency Services, have developed this Emergency Preparedness Guide to help prepare to keep you and your family safe in the event of an emergency. This guide lists several steps and recommendations to prepare you and your family for various disasters.

It is important to plan in advance what you will do. Review your immediate surroundings and take note of whatever you have on hand to take care of yourself and your loved ones. Think about the places where your family spends time: school, work and other places where you might be when a crisis happens. Ask about their emergency plans. Find out how they will communicate with families during an emergency. If they do not have an emergency plan, consider helping develop one.

Agencies in Siskiyou County work closely together to help prepare for, respond to, and recover from these emergencies; however, there is no substitute for personal preparedness. In a hazardous emergency situation, emergency service agencies may not be able to get to you for several hours or even days.  Experts suggest that you should prepare to be on your own for at least three days; however, seven days is the preferred standard. You are not being asked to deal with emergencies alone but being prepared will allow emergency service agencies to do the best job for you and all the other affected residents within the county.

This information was compiled and brought to you by your local Public Health Department on the following date: January 1, 2020. While we have worked diligently to provide you with the most updated information as of that date, the information contained in this guide may need to be updated from time to time as State, Federal and local laws or information may be amended.

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