Cal OES Offers Tips on Being Prepared for the Changing of the Season
Press release from California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES): 
Fall brings change to California, from cooler temperatures, falling leaves to changes in outdoor activities and new hazards. With these changes, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) would like everyone to be aware and prepared this season.
Fall is known to bring new temperatures such as cooler mornings and evenings with warmer afternoons. When planning your apple picking or exploring the crisp mountain air, remember that fall temperatures change quickly.
Use this checklist:
- Check weather before heading outdoors.
- Watch for new roadway hazards and children, especially during school hours.
- Pack extra clothing or blankets to anticipate the changing weather.
- Have an emergency car kit with items designed to help in an emergency.
Fall can also be a dangerous time for drivers because of rain, less daylight and temperature changes.
Fall means the leaves are changing, these changes could be cause for concern. Fallen leaves can hide roadway hazards like potholes and debris. Fallen leaves can also become wet and cause tires to lose traction. Driving the safe limit and being aware of these hazards can help keep adventures from turning into an emergency.
Car Emergency Kit Supplies
A basic emergency supply kit could include the following recommended items:
- Water
- Food (at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food)
- Battery-powered or hand crank radio
- Flashlight
- First aid kit
- Extra batteries
- Whistle (to signal for help)
- Plastic sheeting and duct tape (to shelter in place)
- Moist towelettes, garbage bags and plastic ties (for personal sanitation)
- Wrench or pliers
- Manual can opener (for food)
- Cell phone with chargers and a backup battery
Being prepared for all emergencies this fall can help keep your family safe.
Additional Resources:
Cal OES Employees Share What They Keep in Their Emergency Car Kits | Cal OES News
Pack a Go-Bag Now to Reduce Stress If Evacuated | Cal OES News
Children Safety this Fall | Cal OES News
Emergency Preparedness Means Preparing our Pets too! | Cal OES News
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+Gun
+100 rounds of ammo
+Knife
+Zip ties
+Rope 100′
+Lighter
and a pint flask of 100+ proof bourbon (fire starter-of course)
I like your flask idea, but please get a much bigger one so you can share with the other stranded drivers.
We can go ahead and defund these guys anytime now. Another useless government agency with a bloated budget.
We’re the gov,we’re here to help
What use to be common sense now has to be spelled out……the people are getting stupider and stupider. Maybe time to stop trying to save people from themselves. Let Darwin prevail…..you do something stupid you pay the price. Hopefully resulting in genes being removed from the pool……
If you were tasked with responding to major emergencies in a state of 40 million people I don’t think it would take long for you to realize that one of the best investments you could make was disseminating simple information about basic preparedness steps anyone could take.
I’m always confused why people get so offended by government agencies publishing basic information relevant to their objective
Because it’s common knowledge. If you have a brain and can read, I know doubtful for many, don’t forget to put clothes on before going out, remember we drive on the right, if it’s hailing out maybe slow down, etc,etc etc, maybe if you’re a dumbass you should be left to your own devices…..that’s why.
You could say that about literally anything. There are tens of thousands of young people coming of age for driving every year. More and more of them were born and raised in urban environments where they have never experienced life without all the modern amenities and more and more of them have parents who loved the same life.
Should they be taught this stuff in school? That’s the government too. Should we just hope, against allevidence, that people will learn this stuff at home? If so, do you promise to keep quiet when people inevitably aren’t taught this stuff and we have either more deaths from relatively minor weather events or spend more money saving people who aren’t prepared?
Pretty soon the government will be showing us where the penis goes after a (hopefully) big downturn in live births.
More evidence that the state government thinks everyone, except them, are idiots. Why not send social workers out to each and every residence to verify that the citizenry is prepared for something that happens every year. It would give work to all those gender study majors after graduation (if they ever graduate)
Have you met people? Most of them are idiots. Take for example the folks commenting on this topic who assume everyone was raised in an environment where thinking about these kinds of things was common knowledge.
Some of the items in the Car Emergency Kit are a joke. They are: a whistle handy when someone is in 25 yards of your vehicle, plastic sheeting and duct tape for sheltering in place. Just stay in the vehicle. Moist towelettes. Toilet paper works better. A garbage bag if you have not gone to the bathroom for five days. Manual can opener. Just buy food with opening tabs. Cell phone if you are in a signal area. A wrench and pliers handy for breaking glass. Oh, the hell with it just stay home.