Health Department | Carteret County, NC

Are You Prepared?
Natural (e.g. severe weather) and man-made (e.g. chemical spills) disasters can occur at any time and oftentimes, without warning. This makes it very important you and your family plan ahead, prepare an emergency supply kit, and discuss how you would communicate or get in touch with one another should you be separated. Don't know where to start? A good place to start, when planning for disasters, is to identify the type of disasters that could impact your community. FEMA's Ready.gov website provides a detailed list of different types of disasters and how individuals and families can prepare ahead of a disaster. To access FEMA's website, click here.