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Take an inventory of the skills and resources available through neighbors and co-workers.

1. Child care workers
2. Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members
3. Electricians
4. Emergency planners
5. Engineers
6. Firefighters
7. HAM radio operators
8. Nurses
9. Pharmacists
10. Physicians
11. Plumbers
12. Police and Security Officers
13. Psychologists
14. Social workers

Have you joined your neighborhood families and formed a Neighborhood Watch group? Consider emergency preparedness training for the group.

The American Red Cross, FEMA, the Los Angeles City Fire Department, the American Heart Association, the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management, and other agencies provide emergency preparedness training.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

American Heart Association
Find a Class
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3012360

American Red Cross
Community Disaster Education Materials
http://www.redcross.org/pubs/dspubs/cde.html

California Governor’s Office of Emergency
Organizing Your Neighborhood
http://www.oes.ca.gov/Operational/OESHome.nsf/PDF/Organizing%20Your%20Neighborhood/$file/neighborhood.pdf

Community Emergency Response Training (CERT)
CERT Training
http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/about.shtm

Department of Homeland Security
Neighborhoods and Apartments
http://www.ready.gov/america/makeaplan/neighborhoods.html

Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management
Lend a Hand
http://lacoa.org/PDF/ESP%2006/Dec%2006.pdf