The LA County Department of Public Health protects the public's health during
natural or intentional emergencies, such as terrorism attacks caused by the release
of biological, chemical, or radiological agents.
However, you also need to do your part to protect
yourself and your family during an emergency.
An emergency can strike our community, our home, and our
family unexpectedly, without warning. Do you know what to
do? Does your family know how to contact you? Do you have
a plan to connect and meet up with your loved ones?
Fortunately, Los Angeles residents have an opportunity to
join in an effort to use our powerful resource of community
before an emergency - helping ourselves, our families, our
neighbors, and our community prepare, and making Los Angeles
County ready.
Each and every Los Angeles County resident is invited
to
be a part of "Just Be Ready: Prepare Together,"
one of the most diverse campaigns in the nation in emergency
preparedness. Twelve languages and thirteen cultural groups
are targeted with this campaign, reflecting the amazing
diversity and rich cultural make up of our community. On
this site, you will find easy-to-use "Just Be Ready. Prepare
Together" educational materials and ready-to-use planning
tools that are available in English,
Spanish, Chinese,
Korean, Thai,
Khmer, Tagalog,
Vietnamese, Armenian,
Russian, Arabic,
and Farsi.
You will find information on how
to build an emergency kit and develop a family emergency
plan, including how to contact family members and how to meet up after an emergency. You can download a list of the ten
essential items to include in an emergency kit. You can also see public
service announcements, download emergency
preparedness brochures, and view other emergency
links. Residents can also call the multi-lingual Public
Health Emergency Preparedness hotline at
1-866-999-LABT
(5228) to get more information, and receive valuable
emergency preparedness information in the languages listed
above. Participate by being prepared yourself and by being
an advocate for family emergency preparedness.
Just Be Ready: Prepare Together!
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