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Overcorrecting often leads to rollovers, the deadli-
est of vehicle crashes. How can you prevent it?
First, don’t panic, second take your foot off the
gas, smoothly steer back onto the road, and, if you
need to brake, apply even pressure (don’t stomp
the brakes).
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September is National Preparedness Month.
HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
MARK PETERSON
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BY ART POWELL
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a kit. A disaster supplies kit is simply
a collection of basic items your household may
need in the event of an emergency.
Try to assemble your kit well in advance of
an emergency. You may have to evacuate at a
moment’s notice and take essentials with you.
You will probably not have time to search for
the supplies you need or shop for them.
You may need to survive on your own after
an emergency. This means having your own
food, water and other supplies in sufficient
quantity to last for at least 72 hours. Local
officials and relief workers will be on the scene
after a disaster but they cannot reach everyone
immediately. You could get help in hours or it
might take days.
Additionally, basic services such as electricity,
gas, water, sewage treatment and telephones
may be cut off for days or even a week, or lon-
ger. Your supplies kit should contain items to
help you manage during these outages.
Soldiers take care of Soldiers, Army Families
take care of Army Families and in the Army, we
take care of each other.
Ready Army — preparing Army communities
today for the hazards of tomorrow.
Keeping America’s Army strong!
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FORT RUCKER, Ala. — Driving off the road
is bad enough, but overcorrecting only makes
it worse.
“Overcorrecting is often indicative of run-
ning off the road and overreacting by jerking
the wheel to get the vehicle back on the road-
way,” said Walt Beckman, Driving Directorate,
U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center. “It’s
usually due to inattentiveness, fatigue or failing
to maintain contact with the road in a curve.”
Motorists who exit the roadway and then
overcorrect create a loss of control event, which
is a small but deadly component of the Army’s
overall accident numbers.
According to data available from the
USACRC for fiscal 2015, loss of control was
cited as a cause in seven fatal accidents, with
speed and improperly entering a curve contrib-
uting to most.
“Those loss of control accidents accounted
for roughly 15 percent of the 46 PMV fatalities
recorded in fiscal 2015,” Beckman explained.
“Loss of control in almost all cases is associated
fornia, 14 people were killed and more than
20 wounded. Other recent disasters include
the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
and the Boston Marathon bombing. Closer to
home, the Fort Hood shooting in 2014.
Your Family may not be together when a
disaster strikes, so it is important to plan in
advance - how you will get to a safe place, how
you will contact one another, how you will get
back together and what you will do in different
situations.
You should also inquire about emergency
plans at places where your Family spends time:
work, daycare and school, faith organizations,
sports events and commuting. If no plans exist,
consider volunteering to help create one. Talk
to community leaders, your colleagues, neigh-
bors and members of faith or civic organiza-
tions about how you can work together in the
event of an emergency. You will be better pre-
pared to safely reunite your Family and loved
ones during an emergency if you think ahead
and communicate with others in advance.
Be informed. Emergency preparedness is not
the sole concern of Californians for wildfires
and earthquakes, those who live in the Midwest
for tornadoes or Gulf Coast residents because of
hurricanes. Most communities may be impact-
ed by several types of hazards during a lifetime.
Americans also travel more than ever before to
areas impacted by hazards they may not be at-
risk of near their homes. Knowing what to do
before, during and after an emergency is a criti-
cal part of being prepared and may make all the
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“When I know there’s
something coming up,
like a winter storm, I
keep blankets and hand
warmers in the car,
and additional non-
perishables.”
“We have a pack put
together with our
documentations, medi-
cations and food and
water.”
“We have a survival kit
with food and water
prepped to last up to
six months.”
“We have some extra
food and supplies
around our home and
we have a plan to con-
tact each other with an
emergency radio.”
“Excellently. We have
so much prepared and
are ready to bug out
when we have to.”
difference when seconds count.
Some of the basic protective actions are simi-
lar for multiple hazards. For example, safety is
necessary when experiencing all hazards, wheth-
er this means sheltering or evacuating depends
on the specific emergency. Developing a Family
communications plan or making an emergency
supply kit are the same for accidental emergen-
cies, natural disasters and also terrorism. How-
ever, there are important differences among
potential emergencies that should impact the
decisions you make and the actions you take.
Before a disaster, learn how you will know
there is an impending hazardous event. Famil-
iarize yourself with the signs of events that
come without warning and know the local
advance alerts and warnings and how you will
receive them. Knowing about the local emer-
gency plans for shelter and evacuation and local
emergency contacts will help you develop your
household plan and will also aid you during a
crisis.
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to worse in scary vehicle situations
with another causal factor such as speed. In
contrast, 17 of those 46 accidents, or 37 per-
cent, were solely attributed to indiscipline such
as speed, failure to wear seat belts or alcohol
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use.
Overcorrecting often leads to rollovers, which
are the deadliest of vehicle crashes.
According to the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, rollovers comprise only
a fraction of total accidents but cause a dispro-
portionate number of fatalities. For example,
of the 9 million vehicle accidents reported in
the United States during 2010, 35 percent
of fatalities occurred during rollovers, which
represented only 2.1 percent of total accidents.
Nearly 70 percent of those victims were not
wearing seat belts.
Soldiers can best protect themselves from
rollover events by following established rules of
the road.
“It’s as easy as maintaining the speed limit,
always wearing seat belts, never drinking and
driving, eliminating distractions and slowing
down when the weather deteriorates,” Beck-
man said. “Momentary lapses in judgment
usually what lead to the fatalities we see.”
Federal Emergency Management Agency’s
National Preparedness Month 2016 campaign
goals are to increase the number of individuals
who: understand which disasters could happen
in their community, know what to do to be safe
and mitigate damage, take action to increase
their preparedness and participate in commu-
nity resilience planning. This year’s motto is,
“America’s PrepareAthon! Be Smart. Take Part.
Prepare.”
Preparedness is an individual responsibility.
The better prepared you are, the more likely
you are to save a life. Be a preparedness hero in
your community.
Preparedness is a year-round activity. How-
ever, September is the month for recognizing
national preparedness. The overall goal is to
engage the public to make preparedness a part
of their daily lives and just not for one single
month. National Preparedness Month is geared
toward building awareness and encouraging
Americans to take steps to prepare for emer-
gencies in their homes, schools, organizations,
businesses and places of worship.
Share the message of preparedness and engage
others in preparedness activities. People are
more likely to hear and act on messages from
people they know and trust.
The Army’s ongoing preparedness campaign,
Ready Army - Emergency Preparedness for the
Army Community, encourages personnel to
“Be Informed. Make a Plan. Build a Kit. Get
Involved.”
Today is the day before - are you ready for
tomorrow?
Make an emergency plan. Prepare your
Family for any type of disaster. There have
been eight billion-dollar disasters in the U.S
so far this year - hail, tornadoes, flooding and
wildfires. The April hail storm in Texas was the
costliest at $3.5 billion.
We also have to be concerned with terror-
ist attacks in the U.S. Most recently, the mass
shooting at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub left
50 people dead, including the gunman, and
more than 50 injured. In San Bernadino, Cali-
Heady ar Not Is a call to action
for leaders, Soldiers, Army Civilians and
readiness for what lies ahead - both the
known and unknown.
happen all around us. We are often able to shape the outcome
challenges is all about decision-making.
So are VOW ready... or not?
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