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WHAT YOU CAN DO
Your federal, state and local law enforcement and government
agencies are working hard every day to prevent terrorism in America. But there
are some things you can do, too.
 | Know the routines.
Be alert as you go about your daily business. This will help you to learn
the normal routines of your neighborhood, community, and workplace.
Understanding these routines will help you to spot anything out of place. |
| Be aware. Get to
know your neighbors at home and while traveling. Be on the lookout for
suspicious activities such as unusual conduct in your neighborhood, in your
workplace, or wile traveling. Learn to spot suspicious packages, luggage, or
mail abandoned in a crowded place like an office building, an airport, a
school, or a shopping center. |
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Take what you hear seriously.
If you hear or know of someone who has bragged or talked about plans to harm
citizens in violent attacks or who claims membership in a terrorist
organization, take it seriously and report it to law enforcement
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IN YOUR
COMMUNITY
Being prepared means knowing what to do if an emergency
occurs in your community when you are away from home.
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Be alert. Get to know your
neighbors. Be aware of unusual or abandoned packages or vehicles and of
suspicious activities that should be reported to authorities.
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Develop a list emergency services
and their phone numbers and address. Include shelters, food banks,
and police and fire departments and distribute the list to neighbors.
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Find out about community emergency
plans. What plans do your children's schools have in place? What
plans are in place where you work? Ask local officials to implement an
emergency plan if one is not yet in place.
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Make sure schools and workplaces
have updated contact information for your family, including a cell
phone number if you have one.
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Do your part. Research
organizations in your community, such as places of worship, schools, fire
departments, police departments, and the Red Cross, that work on
preparedness efforts. Find out what you can do and volunteer to do it.
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Make a plan to meet up with family
members if an emergency happens while your family is separated. Establish
an out-of-town contact, such as a friend or relative, to whom everyone can
call and report. Make sure the contact agrees and that everyone has the
number knows how to dial it. Consider prepaid calling cards and emergency
family contact lists for your children. Identify places to meet both close
to home and some distance away.
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Plan for what you may need if you
are away from home during an emergency. Keep water, a blanket, and
nonperishable food in your car. Always keep your car fuel tank at least half
full. Remember that if electricity is interrupted, gas pumps won't work.
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Be prepared to help others. Take
a CPR and first-aid training course or get your neighborhood group to take
it together.
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Join or start a neighborhood group.
Find out if your area has a Neighborhood Watch group or community
association. If not, work with neighbors to start one. This is a great way
to share the preparedness information you learn and to develop neighborhood
plans. A new national effort to expand and improve Neighborhood Watch
programs will be an important part of the Citizen Corps.
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