Contact your marketing association or processor regarding the sale of animals approaching marketing weight when a severe weather is predicted.

Take photographs or videos of your farm property and buildings (inside and out) and store in multiple secure locations. These can be very useful for insurance purposes and also for first responders regarding structural questions (type of construction) when responding to a damaged building due to fire, flood and collapse.

Notification

Consider how you would be warned of a natural or widespread disaster. Is your cell phone or computer registered with a local area emergency alert system? Some radio and television stations offer
the service as well as some municipalities. The province issues Red Alerts for an “imminent threat to life, public safety or property”.