The focus of this Preparedness Guide is twofold. This guide will offer the home and/or business owner many mitigation tips that can be implemented, usually with minimal effort and cost that will help your property survive many of the emergency incidents that can occur in Dearborn. Secondly, by following the simple mitigation steps, you the home/business owner will be protecting your greatest asset and may be able to save some money on your hazard insurance premiums.
No one can accurately predict when the next tornado or hailstorm will strike. But strike it will, and soon (rather than later.) In fact, in the past ten years, natural disasters have occurred more frequently than ever before, putting homes, businesses, and the lives they shelter, in the gravest danger.
This means that you, the home/business owner must take serious precautions if you are going to be ready the next time nature lets loose.
That's why the Dearborn Office of Emergency Management, whose mission is to protect families, homes and businesses from windstorms, fires, floods, hailstorms, and earthquakes, has developed the Protecting our Homes and Businesses from Disasters Kit. You can use this unique program to retrofit your home or business, better preparing them to withstand natural disasters and improving day-to-day safety, too.
The Protecting Our Homes and Businesses from Disasters Kit supplies everything you will need to perform a basic, nonstructural retrofit from start to finish.
Once upon a time, we could only do so much to prepare for natural disasters. Now we can do much more for only a small investment. After all, California doesn't get every earthquake. Tornadoes do hit New England. Wildfires can burn in the Everglades. And the next hurricane already has a name.
For more information, contact the Dearborn Office of Emergency Management at (313)943-5470. For more information about protecting your home, business and family from earthquake, tornadoes, hail, freezing weather and floods, click onto one of these links for more information concerning Emergency Preparedness:
