Be prepared for Emergencies

A wealth of disaster preparation tips and tools can be found for every type of disaster at www.ready.gov—FEMA’s website created as part of the “Resolve to be Ready” initiative.

Keep yourself informed by seeing our other posts for county-specific emergency preparedness tips and resources for Ventura County, Santa Barbara County, and San Luis Obispo County.

Learn “How to Make a Shareable Preparedness Plan using Google Docs” or sign up to receive tips by text messaging.

Sign up to receive Public Alerts by text – http://www.nixle.com/ 

This system emails you alerts and can be set to text alerts. Text your zip code to 888777. The Everbridge system used by County Emergency Management sends out emergency alerts to residents by zip code. If you get an error message, contact your cell phone provider to allow your phone to send and receive short codes.