While living in or visiting Ventnor City, it is important to keep in mind severe weather hazards and potential threats. Every family and business should have predefined emergency plans and always keep an emergency supply kit ready and stocked.

Get a Kit of Emergency Supplies
Be prepared to improvise and use what you have on hand to make it on your own for at least three days. What you have on hand when disaster strikes makes a big difference. Consider two kits. In one, put everything you will need to share where you are and make it on your own. The other should be a lightweight, smaller version you can take with you if you have to get away.

Click here for a list of items you should have in your Emergency Supplies Kit.

Create Family Emergency Plan 
Family Communications Plan – Your family may not be together when disaster strikes, so plan on how you will contact one another and review what you will do in different situations. Consider a plan where each family calls or e-mails the same relative in the event of an emergency. Choose an out of town contact and be sure everyone knows the phone number and e-mail address

• Establish a Meeting Place
  Plan in advance how you will assemble your family and where you will go. Establish a meeting place away from your home in case your home is affected by the disaster or in an area that is being evacuated. The meeting point might be the home of a family member in another city, or a hotel, or landmark known to all family members.
• Create a Plan to Get Away
  Plan in advance where you will go and how you will get there. Choose several destinations, travel routes and modes of transportation so you have options in an emergency. Take your emergency supply kit with you.
• Know Emergency Plans at Work and School
  Talk to your children’s schools and your employer about emergency plans. Find out how they will communicate with families in times of emergency. Make sure your school and employer has updated emergency contact information.

Be Informed

• Listen to Radio and TV - Local radio and TV stations will provide the latest information on storms and other emergencies for the Ventnor area. 
• Register for Emergency Alerts - Ventnor has implemented an emergency notification system to transmit alerts to the community by e-mail and cell phone, and text message. Click here to register

Emergency Evacuation 
You may be advised to seek shelter or evacuate well in advance of a hurricane depending on your proximity to the bay or ocean. Collect your emergency supplies and make plans before the appearance of dangerous storms and hurricanes.

Make Arrangements for Pets 
If you must evacuate, take your pets with you if possible. However, if you are going to a public shelter, it is important to understand that animals are not allowed inside Red Cross shelters. Plan in advance for shelter alternatives that will work for both you and your pets.

Make a back-up emergency plan in case you can’t care for your animals yourself. Develop a buddy system with neighbors, friends, and relatives to make sure that someone is available to care for or evacuate your pets if you are unable to do so.

Remember to carry pets in a sturdy container. Bring identification, collar, leash, and proof of vaccination. Bring food and water for your pets. Carry a current photo of your pets in case they get lost.