The Urban Prepper

Be careful out there.

You are the Help Until Help Arrives!

In an emergency, an injured person may not be able to call for help and may need to rely on the intervention of passing strangers for assistance. Many states have enacted “Good Samaritan” laws that protect individuals who act in good faith to help others from undue civil or criminal penalties. New York’s Good Samaritan Laws can pertain to preventing a drug overdose death, administering a defibrillator to resuscitate a person in a public institution, or giving life-saving treatment such as CPR in an emergency.

Steps 6 - 9 how to Size up a Disaster Situation!
6. Make decisions. - Base your decisions on the answers to Steps 1 through 5 and
in accordance with the priorities that you established.
7. Develop a plan of action. - Develop a plan that will help you accomplish your
priorities. Simple plans may be verbal, but more complex plans should always be
written.
8. Take action. - Execute your plan, documenting deviations and status changes so
that you can report the situation accurately to first responders.
9. Evaluate progress. - At intervals, evaluate your progress in accomplishing the
objectives in the plan of action to determine what is working and what changes
you may have to make to stabilize the situation.

Steps 1 to 5 how to size up a Disaster Situation.
1. Gather facts. - What has happened? How many people appear to be involved? What is the current situation?
2. Assess and communicate the damage. - Try to determine what has happened, what is happening now, and how bad things can really get.
3. Consider probabilities. - What is likely to happen? What could happen through cascading events?
4. Assess your own situation. - Are you in immediate danger? Have you been trained to handle the situation? Do you have the equipment that you need?
5. Establish priorities. - Are lives at risk? Can you help? Remember, life safety is the first priority!