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Emergency Family Preparedness
Find out about strategies for Emergency preparedness
Disaster can strike quickly and without warning. It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood or confine you to your home. What would you do if basic services--water, gas, electricity or telephones--were cut off? Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot reach everyone right away.
The City of Newport News recommends the following strategies for preparing you and your family for the likely event of a disaster or emergency.
Prepare a Family Disaster Kit. | Find out about Flood Insurance. |
Learn Storm Watches and Warnings. Find out about Emergency Shelters. | Apply for the Special Needs Program. Listen to AM 1700 Newport News Radio |
Locate your Evacuation Route. | |
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