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Nearly 60% of Americans say they currently do not have a family emergency plan in case of a natural disaster or other emergency, according to a 2013 national survey conducted by the Ad Council. To encourage parents to engage their children in a conversation about preparing for emergencies, including natural and man-made disasters, FEMA and the Ad Council created new PSAs as part of their Ready Kids campaign.

1. Call a family meeting and make a plan.
   Some disasters strike without any warning, and family members may not all be in the same place.  How will you get in touch with each other?  Where will you meet?  How will you get out of your house in case of a fire? What if your neighborhood is being evacuated?  It’s important to make a plan now so that you will know what to do, how to find each other, and how to communicate in an emergency.  Download the Make a Plan form below.   
    
2. Be prepared.  Build a kit.
   

The Fluvanna County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) is a forum for public safety officials, industry, and the public to work together to identify and catalogue potential hazards, identify available resources, mitigate hazards when feasible, and write emergency plans.  The role of the LEPC is to anticipate and plan the initial response for foreseeable disasters in our community.  Response plans, developed with stakeholder participation, are reviewed annually.

The LEPC membership includes:

On March 18, 2015, the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors adopted Chapter 8, Section 8-6 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Cost Recovery, of the Fluvanna County Code to defray costs and improve services associated with providing EMS transport services by collecting a user fee for emergency ambulance transports.

Fluvanna County’s EMS Cost Recovery program is a compassionate model that collects money for system operations from the people who receive services, with the vast majority of the revenues collected directly from Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance companies.