Your Personal Emergency Plan

Early preparation is the best way to survive Tropical Storms and Cyclones but to do that, you need to understand the risks and know what you will do as the threat of these destructive storms intensify. 

Preparing in advance saves time and reduces the number of things you have to do when a disaster is about to strike.  

Your Emergency Plan should address everything that’s important to you with measures set-out to protect them and to survive with the least amount of harm. Preparing your actions in respect to your boat, your home, your loved ones, your pets and your car is crucial and making those relevant plans available to your family members and other interested parties like Marina Management is essential.

Central to your Personal Emergency Plan is getting an Emergency Kit prepared and having an Evacuation Plan worked out. Your Emergency Kit is a grab and go of essential supplies, documents and spares you can use if you need to survive for a few days without being able to return home. Your Evacuation Plan considers where you will retreat to in the event you ride out the storm away from the Marina and considers how you will get there and when you will leave.  

 Your Evacuation PlanYour Emergency Kit

Boats

• Prepare them to withstand severe weather by adding extra ropes, reducing wind loadings, securing all loose items, checking your bilge pumps are working and they’re on automatic and being without shore power.
• Have you provided an Emergency Contact to the Marina Office of someone local who is able to and authorized to make decisions concerning the safety of your boat on your behalf if you’re not contactable?
• Have you checked your insurance policy conditions and are sure you have cover for cyclone damage?

Home

• Check your home insurance is current, covers you for natural disasters and the amount insured is adequate.
• Clean up your yard, clean your gutters, trim overhanging branches, fix and secure loose items and fittings
• Check your roof conditions, your windows and doors seal properly

Pets

• Make sure your pets have identification on them
• Decide if you’re going to put them in a shelter or boarding house or you’re going to keep them with you
• If you need to evacuate, have their leads, food and medications ready

Cars

• Ensure your insurance is current and it covers your asset adequately
• Fuel up the tank
• Attempt to park your vehicle under cover, away from trees, power lines, waterways and low lying areas.