Twelve Steps to Help Churches Prepare for a Disaster-part 1

Blogger is still malfunctioning, so I am using HTML which causes some loss of formatting. The following information was copied and pasted from a comprehensive project last year. This project involved five months of research and writing and is specific to churches. If your church would like to know how to prepare, serve others or serve in a coordinated response contact us at hamiltondarnallllc@gmail.com to schedule training in the Portland area. Here are the first four of twelve steps. 1. Create a plan and define who has authority to activate the church’s disaster plan. 2. Have an alternate means of power if your primary power source fails. 3. Develop and maintain relationships with other faith-based groups, businesses, local non-profits, their local Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), Amateur Radio groups, American Red Cross, local and county emergency management personnel and emergency responders. 4. Invite outside groups to offer training for your community in your facility and to participate in training opportunities in the community. The next post will include steps 5-8.