3 GOALs for a local plan include: 

1. Having a first aid kit,

2. Having a local search and rescue team taking individual accountability,

3.  Preparing specific incidents plans to help prepare, and communicate the need for county, state, and federal disaster assistance. 

3 Goals Described in detail.

1. Plan emergency kits for individuals to keep in cars and homes. These kits can include first aid kits, food, water, an emergency radio, and seasonal weather clothing.

2. Plan an emergency response at the neighborhood level. This can simply be a plan to provide help to your neighbor in the event he or she becomes injured in the disaster. A local search and rescue program can take accountability of members during a disaster. The search and rescue team should be able to provide first aid, and be trained by the American Red Cross.

3. A local neighborhood should take into account their location's threat. An incident plan for each possible disaster should be outlined. One simple plan could be to have a evacuation area to meet at for further assistance, like temporary shelter, medical relief, food, and water. Some common incidents to occur a local plan can prepare itself for are tornados, floods, fire, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, terrorist attacks, dam failure, hazardous material, landslide, thunderstorm, nuclear disaster, winter storm, chemical, and volcano. An incident plan can verify a local command center and a leader to communicate with city, county, state, and region what the situation is locally. Insurance for property and people can also give a local community resilance in the event of a disaster.

The local preparation a community can plan for itself before a disaster will use local, state, and federal government agencies information and training as starting point. For example each state's government has an Emergency Management Agency that provides information plans. These include the local first responders plan in the event of a disaster, then the counties plan, and the states plan. The American Red Cross can also guide an individual into build an emergency kit and train local organizations first aid like cardio pulse resuscitation (CPR). The main way to prepare a community before is to build local communication and agree on a plan to build a team that can respond in a uniform response.

A community coordinator can canvas the community about a town hall meeting to involve people at the neighborhood level. This can include communication with local churches, other places of worship, local businesses, clubs, and schools and more. The meeting can be online, through email, and phone calls. This meeting will give out local preparation training information mention by the above agencies. Then the meeting coordinator will ask attendees about the development of a local incident plan, to prepare for ahead of time, how to respond, and recovery.

Organizations that can help give local town hall ideas for preparedness include the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Homeland Security's agencies, the National Weather Service NOAA, the American Red Cross, the local utilities like gas, water, and electric, local telecommunication companies, local insurance companies, ready.gov, local Army, Navy, and Air Force, Command and Bases, Private Security Organizations, and the United States Geological Survey USGS.