Emergency Preparedness

1. Things to do now
2. Links to More Information
3. Checklists and Worksheets
4. Healthcare Forms
5. Downloadable Resources
6. Recording of June 2023 Information Session

• Sign up for LookoutAlert to receive emergency alerts from emergency responders via text, email, and/or voice message. Click here for step by step instructions.
  
  
• Smart911:
  Sign up for Smart 911 if you might need additional assistance during an evacuation or other emergency situation. Smart911 provides first responders and emergency managers with your special assistance needs. 
  
  
• Gather Disaster Supplies and Make a Go Bag or make a list of items you'll need and where they are stored in your home. Put the list where you can find it immediately in an emergency.

 

• Ready.gov, A Website of the US Department of Homeland Security
• Broomfield's Emergency Management
  City and County website providing comprehensive information on emergency preparedness 
• North Metro Fire Rescue District
  Our fire department's website includes information on their services, maps, recommendations and downloadable materials. 
• Emergency Preparedness Page on North Metro's Website
  Instant access to emergency information you may want or need. 
• Preparing Homes for Wildfire
  The National Fire Protection Association delivers information to eliminate death, injury, property, and economic loss due to fire, electrical, and related hazards. This page on their extensive website addresses wildfire protection specifically.
• Colorado State Forest Service Publications
  Scroll down the page for documents on wildfire mitigation and education. 
• The Conversation Project
  Public engagement initiative from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to help everyone talk about their wishes for care through the end of life.
• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
  Link to the advance care planning page on the department's extensive website. 

 

• How to Make a Disaster Supplies Kit or Go Bag
  You might also make a "grab and go list" of items you'll need but that may not keep (batteries, food, medications) or that you use regularly (medications, family photographs, ID). Put the list near your garage door and include both the items you need and the locations where you store them in your home.
• Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (FEMA)
• Create a Family Emergency Communication Plan (FEMA)

• Emergency Medical Information Form
• Medical Durable Power of Attorney (MDPOA) for Colorado
• Living Will Template for Colorado
• Colorado Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST)

• Broomfield Residents' Preparedness Guide
• Best Practices: Natural Disasters (From the Foundation for Community Association Research)
• Emergency Preparedness Survey Results, June 2023
• Lessons Learned from the Marshall Fire, Alan Halpern

Additional information, including Broomfield's Citizen's Preparedness Guide, is also available in the Lodge lobby.