Home Oxygen and Medical Equipment
This flyer is a preparedness guide for residents who rely on home oxygen or medical equipment, especially during power outages, storms, or wildfires.
Key points:
Plan ahead to protect your health during unexpected emergencies.
Home oxygen users should keep 24–48 hours of backup oxygen, know how to switch to backups, register as a medical priority with their utility company, and follow safety rules.
Medical equipment users should have battery or car-charging backups, a 7–10 day supply of medications, plans for refrigerated meds, and extra essentials like glasses or hearing aid batteries.
Emergency Go Bag should include prescriptions, insurance info, emergency contacts, water, flashlight, battery-powered radio, and enough supplies for at least 3 days.
In life-threatening emergencies, call 911 immediately.
Residents are encouraged to complete the Teller County Oxygen Preparedness Survey via QR code to help local health and emergency responders improve planning.
Provided by Teller County Public Health & Environment.