Ascension Parish CAER, Emergency Preparedness Guide

	911 Information Emergency Notification Alerting System

	Parish Evacuation Routes

	Family Disaster Plan All-hazards Word Find Emergency Supply Kit

	Chemical Emergencies Shelter-in-Place CAER Sirens

	Pipeline Safety

	Hurricanes Hurricane Tracking

	Tornadoes

	Floods

	Fire Safety Tips

	Poisons West Nile Bioterrorism

	Homeland Security Advisory Ascension Hazmat Team OHS-EP

	First Aid and CPR

Helping our citizens learn how to be prepared for emergencies is a priority. The Ascension Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (OHS-EP) has produced this all-hazards preparedness guide to generate public awareness and encourage you to develop your own readiness initiatives for your family. With the support of Ascension Parish President, Ronnie Hughes and the Parish Council, we hope this guide will prepare you and your family to be self-sufficient following a major disaster.

Ascension Parish residents will find this all-hazards guide to be a convenient and useful resource for emergency awareness and preparedness information.

	This publication is made possible by the financial support of the following:
	Acadian Ambulance & Air Med Services Ascension Parish Chemical Industry’s CAER Committee Ascension Chamber of Commerce Ascension Parish Communications District Ascension Parish Government Ascension Parish School Board ATMOS Energy Corporation City of Gonzales City of Donaldsonville Dixie Electric Membership Corp. (DEMCO)	East Ascension Telephone Company (EATEL) Electric Maintenance Company (EMCO) Entergy, Inc. Enterprise Products Operating L.P. Louis Dreyfus Olefins, LLC Holiday Inn- Gonzales Shell Pipeline Company LLC Southland Fire & Safety Equipment, Inc. St. Elizabeth Hospital Supreme Chevrolet-Oldsmobile Town of Sorrento