Emergency Preparedness

Read Doctrine and Covenants 38:30 and explain how spiritual preparedness supports calm, wise action during emergencies.

Explain the five phases of emergency preparedness—prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery—and give one real example of each from daily life.

Identify six common emergency categories (fire, medical, weather, vehicle, water, violence/public hazard). For each, name one first wrong move people often make.

Build a simple Top 10 emergency list for your household or unit and assign each a first action and first call.

Create two short plans for where you live: shelter-in-place and evacuation, including one meeting location and one out-of-area contact.

Plan and explain a personal emergency response role you could fill safely.

Conduct a home or meeting location hazard walk-through with an adult and identify at least eight hazards, then explain how you would reduce the risk of each.

Demonstrate safe responses for the following dangerous situations without putting yourself at risk.

• b.1) Live household electrical hazard.
• b.2) Carbon monoxide danger in a structure.
• b.3) Clothing on fire.

Demonstrate three signaling methods for rescue and explain when each is appropriate.

With a partner, demonstrate two methods for moving an injured person using improvised materials, prioritizing rescuer safety and patient protection.

Prepare or inspect a ready-to-go emergency kit and explain the purpose of each major category of item.

Participate in an emergency service exercise or real service response and explain what you did and what you would improve next time.

Describe one moment in your preparation where you had to choose between comfort and readiness, and what you learned about discipline.

Explain how your readiness can be used to serve and protect others, connecting your experience to Mosiah 2:17.