03/11/2025
📰 COMMUNITY ADVISORY: Typhoon Safety Guide for Households
As the typhoon season continues in the Philippines, local authorities are reminding families to stay prepared and alert. Below is a Household Typhoon Preparedness Checklist shared to help ensure everyone’s safety before, during, and after a storm.
🌪️ BEFORE THE TYPHOON: Preparation Stage
A. Emergency Planning
Know your nearest evacuation center and routes.
Establish a family meeting point in case you get separated.
Assign specific roles (e.g., securing the house, gathering documents).
Store emergency contact numbers: LGU, barangay, MDRRMO, BFP, PNP, hospitals, relatives.
B. Home and Property Safety
✅Inspect and repair roofs, gutters, and walls.
✅Trim trees and secure loose outdoor items.
✅Unplug appliances and relocate valuables to higher places.
✅Place sandbags in flood-prone areas.
✅Properly shut off and secure LPG tanks.
C. Emergency Supplies (3–5 Days)✅
👉Water: 3–5 liters per person per day
👉Food: Canned goods, noodles, biscuits, baby food
👉Lighting: Flashlights, candles, charged lamps
👉Power: Radio, power banks, extra batteries
👉Hygiene: Soap, alcohol, masks, sanitary items
👉First Aid: Medicine, bandages, thermometers
👉Documents: IDs, land titles, medical files in a waterproof envelope
👉Cash: Small bills; ATMs may be offline
👉Pets: Food, leash, carrier, vaccination card
📻 DURING THE TYPHOON
Stay indoors and away from windows.
👉Monitor updates via radio or official alerts.
👉Switch off power immediately if flooding begins.
👉Avoid open flames near flammable materials.
👉Never cross flooded streets.
👉Evacuate when instructed by local officials.
🌤️ AFTER THE TYPHOON
Return home only when authorities declare it safe.
>Watch out for fallen power lines and debris.
>Boil drinking water before use.
>Record property damage for insurance or LGU support.
>Help neighbors and join clean-up responsibly.
🎒 GO-BAG ESSENTIALS
Flashlight with batteries
❗Whistle
❗Extra clothes
❗Power bank
❗Water bottle
❗Emergency snack
❗List of emergency contacts
❗For pets: Leash, food, bowl, waste bags
📢 Again coming from Boyscouts of Bulwangan✅ Stay safe🦺, alert⚠️, and prepared.✅ Share this guide with your family and community. And don’t forget to pray. 🙏
👉❗This checklist was shared by: Sir Peter John Legaspi Magquilat to help families stay safe this typhoon season.
