“I can't stress the importance enough of everyone taking responsibility to be prepared. That means having 72 hours worth of food, water, and medical supplies. We're considering changing that to 96 hours. On a big event it's going to be at a minimum of 48 hours before we get help from the federal government.”
“Sometimes these people get there before the law enforcement and medical personnel do. We train them in damage assessment, first aid, fire suppression and rescue.”
“During the ice storm, it took us a while to realize how big a problem we had because nobody was calling in because the phones were down. In a disaster, communication is No. 1.”
