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=== Family Preparedness Discussion === | === Family Preparedness Discussion === | ||
'''''Learning Objective:''''' | '''''Learning Objective:''' Team members will reflect on their own household readiness and identify steps to ensure their families are safe and self-sufficient when they deploy as NET volunteers after a disaster.'' | ||
'''''Facilitation:''''' | '''''Facilitation:''''' Start by explaining the principle: “You can’t help your neighbors until your family is safe.” NET volunteers are far more effective (and less distracted) if they know their loved ones are secure, have supplies, and understand the volunteer’s role during an emergency. | ||
Guide the group through a discussion of what family preparedness means in practice: | |||
* Communication: Does your family know your NET responsibilities, and do they have a plan for checking in if phones are down? | |||
* Supplies: Can your household manage for 72 hours (or longer) without you—food, water, medicines, power, pet care? | |||
* Roles & Expectations: Does your family know where to shelter, how to shut off utilities, or what to do if they need to evacuate? | |||
* Support System: Who else (neighbors, relatives, friends) can check in on them if you are deployed? | |||
Encourage volunteers to share their own approaches—what’s worked, where gaps still exist. Provide prompts like “What’s one thing you’d like your family to be able to do without you in the first 24 hours after a quake?” If time allows, have each volunteer draft or update a short checklist for their household to review later. | |||
Close by reminding the team that family preparedness is not “one and done.” Suggest revisiting this topic annually, and encourage each member to take one concrete action (buying a backup water filter, updating a contact card, having a family meeting) before the next NET gathering. | |||
'''Debrief Questions:''' | |||
* What are the most important things your family would need to know or do if you were deployed? | |||
* Where do you feel most confident about your household’s readiness, and where are the gaps? | |||
* How can the team support each other in strengthening family preparedness (sharing checklists, bulk-buying supplies, buddy systems)? | |||
* What’s one action you can commit to this month to improve your family’s readiness? | |||
