Supplies: Caches
•Equipment
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•Drugs
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•Medical supplies
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•Food & Water
Speaking Points
•Locales must have their own stockpile of supplies

Narrative
   Cities and towns need to have some stock of the drugs and equipment that will be needed immediately in the event of an emergency, such as MARK 1 kits.  As we’ve previously discussed, you can get anything you need from the federal government, but it usually takes a few days.  Therefore, local jurisdictions must have their own stockpile of supplies to bridge the time between the event and when federal relief will arrive.

   Maine experienced this during the arsenic epidemic.  The BAL used in treating arsenic poisoning came from the state cache.