Elk Grove Ward Emergency Preparedness
Welcome!
Please join our Ward's emergency communication system, so you can stay informed with messages/directions from our Ward Leaders and stay connected with your fellow Ward members (and neighbors, if they want to participate) when the normal methods of communication are not working.
Our Ward will be using the General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) radios to communicate during an emergency or disaster when the telephone, cell towers, email, and internet are not working.
We encourage every household to participate! Your household will need a GMRS license and a GMRS radio to participate.
A GMRS license is $35. It's good for 10 years and one license is good for basically your entire family.
NO TEST!
A GMRS radio is about $26-30.
Workshop Schedule 2025.pdfCourtesy of LDS Emergency Response, OC
Find useful information and resources to help you and your family become better prepared for those unforeseen emergencies that are sure to come.
Make sure you have a plan to provide for your basic needs when normal services are disrupted. Knowing the most likely disasters, in our area, will make it easier for you to plan for their associated DISRUPTIONS!
This website supports the new Area Temporal Preparedness Guide: North America West guidance document by gathering some helpful information and resources to help you and your family be better prepared.
Temporal-Preparedness-Guide-North-America-West-Area-Guide-Dec-04-2020.pdf“For decades, the Lord’s prophets have urged us to store food, water, and financial reserves for a time of need.... I urge you to take steps to be temporally prepared.” —President Russell M. Nelson
God has promised, "If ye are prepared ye shall not fear" (Doctrine and Covenants 38:30). When we have plans in place, we are more prepared for challenges. The Area Temporal Preparedness Guide includes:
• Emergency planning (preparing your home, 5-day Kit, family emergency plans, and being informed)
• Home storage and production (short-term [3 months] and long-term [1 year] food storage)
• Financial preparedness
• Emotional preparedness
(Correction for page 10. Checklist: Food and Water. The first check box should say "Supply of non-perishable food...")
Like spiritual learning, preparedness is best done “line upon line” (Isaiah 28:10). And when challenges occur, we can learn from them, heal and grow, and continue to prepare.
How the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Organizes Before and After Disasters
Let your light so shine!
Other Helpful Resource Links
American Red Cross - Gold Country Region
CalTrans Quick Map (road conditions)
Elk Grove Ward Emergency Preparedness Committee:
Natalie Merrill, Rachel Wong, Patrick Jones, Steve Gibbs, Nanette (Nan) Bailey *
*Ward Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
*Ward Emergency Communication Specialist