The following is a list of what I keep in our emergency binder. I put down url's for stuff if I had the information, but I can't guarentee the links are still active.



Blast’s Emergency Binder

Section 1: Emergency numbers
1. Emergency 911
2. Non-emergency 311
3. Information 211
4. Poison control 1-800-222-1222
5. Child Protective Services
6. County Sheriff
7. Precient 4 Constables
8. Local fire department
9. Animal control
10. County SPCA office
11. Water/Sewer
12. Electric company
13. Gas company
14. Trash pickup
15. Family cell phone numbers
16. Friend’s home/cell phone numbers
17. Neighbor’s home/cell nuumbers
18. Phone company number
19. Work numbers
20. Travel Agent’s number
21. Bank’s phone number
22. Credit card companies’ numbers to report stolen card
23. Houston red cross
24. Local school numbers
25. Home owner’s association’s number
26. Lawyer specializing in self-defense cases number
27. Call-Before-U-Dig
28. Emergency number of company in charge of nearby gas pipeline

Section 2: First Aid
1. American Heart Association book: Heartsaver First Aid With CPR and AED
2.. “Guidance Potassium Iodide as a Thyroid Blocking Agent in radiation Emergencies” from www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/index.htm
3. print out of medical FAQ from old misc.survivalism usenet
4. “Venomous Snakes of Harris County” sheet from www.cp4.hctx.net/jones

Section 3: Flooding
1. Personalized checklist of what to if flooding threatens our house (who moves what to where and when)
2. Harris county pamphlet “minimizing Flood Hazards in your community”
3. Print out of “Frank’s Flood Facts” from http://www.click2houston.com./weather/955650/detail.html Frank is the Channel 2 weatherman.
4. Print out of “Flood Information” from Houston’s Emergency Management website at www.ci.houston.tx.us/oem/flood
5. Print out of “Flood Information Disaster Plan” from www.ci.houston.tx.us/oem/flood/displan.html

Section 4: Hurricanes
1. Pamphlet from Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management “Hurricane Preparedness & Evacuation Infromation”
2. Pamphlet from The Home Depot “Hurricane Preparation Guide 2006”
3. Pamphlet from Institue for Business & Home Safety (www.ibhs.org) “Protect Your Home Against Hurricane Danmage”
4. Pamphlet from walmart/sam’s Club “Hurricane Preparation Guide”
5. laminated hurricane tracking charts
6. print out of how to brace house windows/doors/garage doors/trusses for hurricane. I don’t know where I got this.
7. Booklet from 2002 Fort Bend County Hurricane Workshop
8. Maps of Houston’s evacuation routes from Texas Dept. of Transportation
9. CD of Houston Hurricane Safety from Harris County Emergency Management

Section 5: Maps
1. Map of neighborhood streets
2. Houston map from AAA
3. Texas map from AAA
4. Map of nearby ATM’s
5. Map of local emergency church/Red Cross shelters
6. topo map of area

Section 6: Water/Food Safety
1. Water FAQ from misc.survivalism usenet group.
2. Dosage chart for treating water with Clorox bleach.
3. Pamphlet from FDA on food safety in a disaster.

Section 7: Power
1. “Everything you ever (or never) wanted to know about emergency power sources and generators!” which I think I got from http://theepicenter.com/tow1230.html
2. “How to calculate power load” from misc.survivalism usenet message board

Section 8: Bugout Bags
1. “Mike’s Bugout Bag FAQ v2.1” from misc.survivalism usenet group
2. “Disaster Supply Kit” from misc.survivalism
3. “Emergency Car Kit” from misc.survivalism

Section 9: Communication
1. Listing of local radio stations
2. Copy of article “Hearing Voices” by Avery Comarow from Oct. 15th, 2001 issue of U.S. News and World Report. This articles gives shortwave frequencies of BBC, Deutsche Welle, Radio Canada, Radio Netherlands, Voice of America, Voice of Russia, Kol Isreal, Radio Cairo, Radio Pakistan, Voice of Iran.
3. List of FEMA, National Guard, CanForce, Army MARS, Navy Marine Emergency, Air Force air-to-ground, NORAD, FAA, Coast Guard, Maritime ship-to-ship frequencies.
4. List of assorted “nutball news” shortwave radio broadcast frequencies

Section 10: Nuclear Incident
1. “Nuclear Blast Mapper” article from www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/sfeature/1mtblast.html
2. Map of US nuclear powerplants
3. Diagram of usual Houston day/night wind directions

Section 11: Misc
1. keys to neighbors’ houses (labelled with pictures of their pets)
2. Harris County Citizen Corps ‘Emergency readiness and National Security Wheel”
3. Harris County Hospital District “Pocket Guide to Emergency Preparation”
4. Recent family photographs
5. Recent family heights/weights/distinguishing marks
6. Pamphlet on pipeline safety and emergency actions

-Blast