Personal Preparedness

What are you doing to prepare for an emergency? Have you developed a personal or family emergency preparedness plan? Do you have a personal emergency kit that includes items you may need if you have to evacuate your office or workplace for an extended period of time? Have you made your home disaster resistant? If you need some suggestions of how to prepare, check the following links.

Santa Cruz County

• Santa Cruz County Road Closures
• Santa Cruz County Sandbag Locations
• Santa Cruz County Office of Emergency Services

California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES)

• Emergency Supplies Checklist
• Tips for Preparing Children
• Tips for People with Disabilities
• Tips for the Elderly
• How to Secure Your Furniture
• 10 Ways You Can Be Disaster Prepared Brochure   available in other languages here
• Earthquake Brochure   available in Spanish here
• Winter Weather and Flood Preparedness

California Department of Transportation (CalTrans)

• Statewide Road Conditions
• CalTrans District 5 - includes Santa Cruz and Monterey counties
• CalTrans District 4 - includes other Bay Area counties

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

• Are you Ready? An In-Depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness
• Protect your Property, Home or Business from Disaster
• Assemble a Disaster Supplies Kit

U.S. Geological Survey

• Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country
• USGS Northern California Earthquake Activity

National Weather Service/National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

• National Weather Service Forecast for Santa Cruz
• NOAA West Coast Tsunami Warning Center
• NOAAWatch - All Hazards Monitor

Other Information

• Ready America (U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Citizen Corps)
• American Red Cross Preparedness Information