Emergency Preparedness
Map Your Neighborhood
Neighborhoods that are prepared for emergencies and disaster situations can save lives, reduce the severity of injuries and trauma, and reduce property damage. In most major disasters, first responders will not be able to get to you immediately. Your neighbors will likely be the first ones around you to be able to offer assistance. You’ll need to coordinate these crucial efforts, BEFORE a disaster strikes. Knowing what to do in the first hours after a disaster may help save lives, reduce injury, and decrease neighborhood damage.
Signal Hill has a neighborhood focused program available called Map Your Neighborhood. The Map Your Neighborhood program guides you and your neighbors through simple steps to help enhance your preparedness for an emergency. Interested residents can receive a brief one-on-one training by the Signal Hill Emergency Operations Coordinator. Once that training is completed, you will then contact your neighbors and give a 90-minute program on how to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a disaster. To sign up, contact Emergency Coperations Coordinator at 562-989-7239.
Information and Resources
Publications - Family Emergency Supplies Kit
Red Cross Family Emergency Supplies
Emergency supply kit checklist for items including:
- Water
- Food
- First aid kit
- Non-prescription drugs
- Tools and supplies
- Pet supplies
- Clothing and bedding
- Special items
- Important family documents
Publication - Food and Water in an Emergency
Contains information about:
- Preparing an emergency food supply
- Storage tips
- Shelf-life of foods for storage
- What to do if the electricity goes off
- Preparing containers of water
- Hidden water resources in your home
- Ways to treat water
- Disaster supplies kit
Links/Police Phone Numbers
- Police Department: 562-989-7200
- Police Dispatch: 562-989-7201
- Signal Hill Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- U.S. Fire Administration
- Citizen Corps
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control/Prevention
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- National Weather Service
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- American Red Cross
- Institute for Business & Home Safety
- Public Health