Be Prepared!

Are you prepared to take care of your pet when disaster strikes? If not, NOW is the time to make your plans.

Packing Lists

Stock up on items that you will need so you will not get caught unprepared. In the links below, you will find handy shopping lists for you to use. The next time you buy food or supplies for your pet, take this list with you. Don't put off doing what you should do now - it may just make the difference between being able to keep your pet alive when a disaster strikes.

If you have any questions about how to plan for emergency preparedness for your pet, please contact us at info@cdart.org!

Household Preparation

26 Weeks to Family Emergency Preparedness
Below is a document prepared by the Provincial Emergency Program on little things you can do each week for 26 weeks in order to ensure your household is fully prepared in case a disaster happens. Sometimes it's a bit overwhelming for us to prepare an entire emergency plan all at once, so breaking it up into smaller tasks over a longer period of time makes the process easier!

Download the 26 Weeks to Family Emergency Preparedness PDF from PEP BC

Below is a lighthearted video that illustrates the 10 steps to household emergency preparedness planning.  This video comes to us by way of Vancouver Emergency Social Services:

If you like this video or want to comment on it, click on this link to go directly to You Tube. Dean Karalekas is an amateur videographer, JIBC student and volunteer with the Vancouver ESS program. As part of his JIBC studies, Dean put together this video which covers many of the emergency preparedness principles they try to get out to the public in a very different way.