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Lanita A. Lloyd
Deputy Director
140 North Marietta Pkwy.
Marietta, GA 30060
Phone: 770-499-4567
Fax: 770-499-4558
ema@cobbcounty.org
Cobb Emergency Management Agency (EMA)
Preparedness
Gather the materials you'll need during a crisis
Where will your family be when disaster strikes? They could be anywhere – at work, at school or in the car. How will you find each other? Will you know if your children are safe?
Disaster can strike 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.
Families can cope with disaster by preparing in advance and working together as a team.
Locate the main electric box, water service main and natural gas main. Learn how and when to turn off these utilities. Teach all responsible family members.
Keep necessary tools near gas and water shut-off valves. Remember, turn off the utilities only if you suspect the lines are damaged or if you are instructed to do so. If you turn the gas off, a professional must turn it back on.
Supplies
Keep enough supplies in your home to meet your needs for at least three days. Assemble a disaster supplies kit with items you may need in an evacuation. Store these supplies in sturdy, easy-to-carry containers such as backpacks, duffle bags or covered trash containers.
Include:
- A three-day supply of water (one gallon per person per day) and food that won’t spoil
- One change of clothing and footwear per person, and one blanket or sleeping bag per person
- A first aid kit that includes your family’s prescription medications. Have a first aid kit for each vehicle
- Emergency tools, including a battery-powered radio, flashlight and many extra batteries
- An extra set of car keys and a credit card, cash or traveler's checks
- Special items for infant, elderly or disabled family members
- An extra pair of glasses
- Keep important family documents in a waterproof container. Keep a smaller kit in the trunk of your car
- Mess kits, or paper cups, plates and plastic utensils
- Emergency Citizen’s Action Guide
- Non electric can opener, utility knife
- Fire extinguisher: small canister ABC type
- Pliers and tape
- Compass
- Matches in a waterproof container
- Aluminum foil
- Plastic storage containers
- Signal flare and whistle
- Paper, pencil
- Needles, thread
- Medicine dropper
- Shut-off wrench, to turn off household gas and water
- Plastic sheeting and small collapsible tent
- Map of the area (to locate assembly areas and evacuation routes)
- Clothing and bedding
- Sturdy shoes or work boots
- Rain gear, hat and gloves
- Thermal underwear
- Sunglasses
- Toilet paper, towelettes, hand sanitizers
- Soap, liquid detergent
- Feminine supplies and personal hygiene items
- Plastic garbage bags, ties (for sanitation uses)
- Plastic bucket with tight lid
- Disinfectant
- Household chlorine bleach