Be Flood Ready Spring rains can bring spring floods. Prepare your loved ones and your home from flood risk now, before the height of rainy season. Just one inch of standing water in your home can cause $25,000 of damage!
Get Involved--Volunteer! No one knows how to help a community prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies better than the people who live there. Volunteer with CERT and CARRT to work alongside the County to build a more prepared, resilient and equitable community. New volunteers are always welcome!
Low and No-Cost Preparedness Disaster preparedness doesn’t have to cost money. Low-and-no-cost preparedness can include learning about disaster risks in your area, photographing important documents for safekeeping, talking with your family about emergency plans, signing up for ArlingtonAlert, and more.
Teach Youth About Preparedness Talk to your kids about preparing for emergencies and what to do in case you are separated. Reassure them by providing information about how they can get involved.
Make a Plan Your family may not be together if a disaster strikes, so it is important to know which types of disasters could affect your area. Know how you’ll contact one another and reconnect if separated and how you'll get emergency information. Establish a family meeting place that’s familiar and easy to find. Talk about unique needs in your household, like medications, languages spoken, medical equipment,
Build a Kit An emergency kit, also called a go-bag, grab bag, or disaster bag/kit, is a collection of basic items your household may need in the event of an emergency that can help you be prepared. Build an emergency kit for your home, office, and vehicle.
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CARRT Flood Prep Volunteer Event Join CARRT on Saturday, April 29, to educate residents and business owners & provide flood and emergency preparedness resources. Tagged as: , Advisory Groups & Commissions, Community events & fundraisers, Engagement, Public Meeting, Volunteer, All Ages, Families
Until Help Arrives Training Until Help Arrives Training Courthouse Plaza Fountain, 2200 Clarendon Blvd, Arlington, VA 22001 Tagged as: , Business, Classes, Community events & fundraisers, Engagement, Parks & Recreation, Talks & workshops, Volunteer, Adults, Families, Teens
CERT Basic Training Join the Arlington Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).CERT is an award-winning community volunteer group trained to save lives, reduce injuries and assist with emergency response. The CERT training is FREE and open to anyone on lives, works, attends school or a place of worship or volunteers extensively in Arlington County.Course and final exercise are a total of 8 classes. Fire Training Academy, 2800 S Taylor St, Arlington, VA 22206 Tagged as: , Classes, Community events & fundraisers, Engagement, Volunteer, Adults, Teens
