Family Preparedness

What Can You Do to Prepare Your Family For an Emergency?

Following a major disaster or emergency, the emergency services we depend on, such as fire and police services, may be unavailable for extended periods of time.In addition, telephone, gas, electricity, and water service may be interrupted for days.For at least 72 hours, you and your family may need to rely on yourselves and your neighbors for first aid, firefighting, search and rescue, and general support. Neighborhood groups prepared to do these things may make the difference between life and death.

Get a Kit

When preparing for a possible emergency situation, it's best to think first about the basics of survival: fresh water, food, clean air and warmth.

Basic Emergency Supply Kit:

  • Water
  • Food
  • First aid kit
  • Battery-powered or hand crank radio
  • Whistle to signal for help
  • Dust mask
  • Moist towelettes
  • Wrench or pliers to turn off utilities
  • Can opener for food
  • Local maps

How to Build an Emergency Kit

Make a Plan

Your family may not be together when disaster strikes, so it is important to plan in advance: how you will contact one another; how you will get back together; and what you will do in different situations.

Exercise your emergency plan with your family yearly to ensure all individuals know what to do in the event of an emergency.

Be Informed

Find out what kinds of disasters, both natural and man-made, are most likely to occur in your area and how you will be notified such as through local alert systems.

Community Preparedness

Emergency KitThe City of Chino Hills has consistently made it a priority to prepare to respond to disasters. Emergency supplies are stored at various municipal buildings in Chino Hills. City employees have been trained in the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS), and the National Incident Management System (NIMS) for their role as Disaster Service Workers and they have participated in many inter-agency drills and training sessions.

The Chino Hills Auxiliary Radio Team (CHART), the City's volunteer ham radio team, has participated in many of these drills and they have continued to upgrade the City's Emergency Communications Van. Special consideration has been given to evacuating special needs residents in Carbon Canyon and animal evacuation has also been included in the planning process.

The City encourages all residents & businesses to take the steps necessary to be prepared.

Check the following websites for emergency preparedness information: