Don’t forget to turn your clocks ahead one hour, tonight, Saturday April 1st, before you go to sleep. With this extra daylight take the opportunity to follow through with a few Preparedness Best Practices In Your Home:

• Change smoke/carbon monoxide detector batteries

   

• Check expiration dates on fire extinguishers

   

• Check expiration dates of emergency water & food  supplies and don’t forget your car kit

   

• Check on emergency supplies for animals-if you have one/a few

   

• Do you need to update your out of state contact?

   

• Do you need to purchase a battery operated radio?

   

• Are flashlights in your home and car operational-are the batteries still charged?

   

• Does your family know multiple ways in out of your neighborhood in the event of an evacuation?

   

• If  you live out of the SCV, do you know multiple routes to get back into the SCV?

   

• Are your important documents secured in a safe place?  Safe deposit box, fire safe?

   

• Do  you have multiple copies of your passport, birth certificates, drivers license, wills, etc-(re-establishing your identity after a catastrophic disaster will be time consuming and overwhelming if your documents are destroyed)

   

• Visit the Emergency Expo– April 22 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm; 9:00 am early access hour for special needs families–Saugus Speedway

   

 Ease the risk in 2006!