Red Road Community Emergency Plan

Section 1

Purpose and guiding commitments

The Red Road Community Emergency Plan helps neighbors stay informed, prepared, and connected before, during, and after emergencies. It is not a replacement for county alerts or official emergency response. It is a community layer: a shared way to organize local knowledge, trusted resources, volunteer capacity, and practical next steps.

• Know where to find current safety information and community updates.
• Understand what to prepare at home before an emergency.
• Identify resources, skills, spaces, and support that may be available through the network.
• Participate in ongoing planning instead of waiting until a crisis.

RRRN’s role is to support preparedness as an everyday community practice. The plan should stay clear enough for a new reader, detailed enough to guide action, and flexible enough to evolve as the Red Road community learns together.

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Section 2

Communication before and during emergencies

Clear communication is one of the most important parts of community resilience. In a fast-moving situation, residents need to know where to look, what information is trusted, and how updates will move through the network if power, internet, or cell service are disrupted.

• Official alerts: County and agency alerts remain the source for emergency orders, closures, evacuation guidance, and public safety notices.
• RRRN updates: The website shares preparedness notices, plan updates, meeting notes, and links to current resources.
• Community and neighbor networks: Gathering places, volunteers, and neighborhood contacts can help share practical information and identify needs.
• Offline backup: Printed checklists, phone trees, bulletin boards, radio plans, or agreed meeting points may help when digital channels are unreliable.

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Section 3

Resource coordination and preparedness tools

RRRN uses the website as a trusted resource center for preparedness tools, downloadable guides, local support links, and practical information residents can return to quickly.

• Household tools: Go-bag checklists, catchment safety guidance, food and water planning, medication reminders, pet readiness, and documents to keep accessible.
• Community resources: Links to local support organizations, partner places, supply points, classes, and emergency information sources.
• Shared knowledge: Community stories, lessons learned, practical tips, and culturally grounded knowledge that helps the plan reflect the Red Road.

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Section 4

Community network and distributed support

A network point may be a place, organization, program, or trusted connection that helps people gather information, share resources, learn skills, or coordinate support.

• What does each network point offer before an emergency?
• What can each network point realistically support during disruption?
• How will network information stay current?
• What information should residents be able to find quickly?

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Section 5

Household and neighborhood readiness

1. Prepare the basics: water, food, medications, lights, batteries, important documents, first aid, and pet needs.
2. Know your contacts: household contacts, nearby neighbors, out-of-area contacts, and trusted local information channels.
3. Plan for your place: catchment, access roads, mobility needs, power, communications, and what to do if you cannot leave quickly.
4. Check on one another: identify who may need help and what support can happen safely.

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Section 6

How residents can participate

This plan should grow through community participation. Residents and supporters can help by responding to plan sections, completing surveys, volunteering, sharing skills or resources, offering classes, contributing articles, documenting local stories, or helping connect partner places and organizations.

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Section 7

Next steps for the living plan

A useful plan is never finished once. RRRN gathers feedback, identifies missing resources, clarifies network information, and updates the document as programs and community needs evolve.

• Confirm plan sections and assign content owners.
• Add preparedness downloads, graphics, and trusted resource links.
• Collect volunteer and class-interest responses through the Get Involved form.
• Review section feedback and publish a revision summary.
• Clarify what network information residents need most.

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