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r <br />}Ar zKeeping Minnesota Ready <br />MINNESOTA SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK 2017 <br />Minnesota's Severe Weather Awareness Week is April 17-21, 2017 with two statewide tornado drills on <br />Thursday, April 20 at 1:45 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. This annual public education event is designed to remind <br />individuals, families, businesses, schools, and institutions that it's essential to plan ahead for Minnesota's severe <br />spring and summer weather. <br />An informed, involved community is more resilient to disaster, and being prepared helps reduce the risks and <br />costs of hazardous weather events. An easy way to get prepared is by participating in Severe Weather Awareness <br />Week. The statewide tornado drills on Thursday, April 20 provide an excellent opportunity for citizens to prepare <br />their homes, families, neighborhoods, and communities! <br />Here are a few simple ideas on how individuals, families, businesses, and schools can participate during Minnesota <br />Severe Weather Awareness Week: <br />PREPARE YOUR FAMILY <br />❑ Create or update emergency plans with your entire family so everyone knows what to do in case of an <br />emergency. Ensure everyone has up-to-date contact info and knows what to do. <br />❑ Practice your family plan during the tornado drills on Thursday at 1:45 p.m. or 6:45 p.m. Have everyone <br />build a family emergency kit together. <br />❑ Check with places your family spends time, such as schools, workplaces, churches, markets, or sports <br />facilities to learn what their emergency plans are. <br />❑ Share the plans for these areas with your entire family and talk about what you would do if your family <br />was not together during a disaster. <br />PREPARE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD <br />❑ Involve your neighbors. Help prepare your neighborhood by asking, "What's our plan?" Talk to your <br />neighbors about their preparedness plans and make sure your plans are compatible. Find out who has <br />special needs and might need help in an emergency. <br />❑ Plan with your neighborhood. Ask your Home Owners Association, your Tenants Group or Neighborhood <br />Civic Association to make emergency preparedness an agenda item during your next meeting. Make sure <br />there is an evacuation plan for your neighborhood, and communicate it to your neighbors. <br />❑ Help neighbors get informed. Host a neighborhood preparedness meeting. Invite your local emergency <br />manager or responders to help lead the discussions. <br />hsem.dps.mn.gov <br />31 <br />