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What You Can Do
Prepare Your Family
- Create an emergency plan and practice it with
your family.
- Establish a meeting place close to your home
and another outside your neighborhood.
- Create an emergency communications plan using
an out-of-town contact that family members can contact by phone or
e-mail to check on each other.
- Discuss with children how and when to call
9-1-1.
- Find out how to shut off gas, water and
electricity to your home.
- Listen to media reports for instructions from
government officials.
- Know the emergency plans and contact numbers
of the schools your children attend.
- Make arrangements, if possible, to store
important documents at a location outside the home, such as a safety
deposit box.
- Consider what measures are needed to ensure
the safety of family members with special needs.
- Be on the alert and promptly notify law
enforcement authorities of suspicious activities.
Assemble an Emergency Kit
Prepare for any disaster by assembling your own home
emergency kit with the following items:
- Battery-powered radio/TV with extra batteries
- Flashlights and extra batteries
- List of important phone numbers
- Prepaid phone cards
- First Aid kit and manual
- Copies of identification
- Essential medicines and copies of
prescriptions
- Medical history for each family member, to
include current weight of all children under 90 pounds
- Non-perishable food items
- Baby food and supplies
- Can opener, knife and eating utensils
- Drinking water (three gallons per person)
- Personal toiletries
- Basic toolkit, tape and gloves
- Extra clothing, shoes and blankets
- Plastic bags with ties
- Plastic bucket with lid
- Toilet paper
- Paper towels, plates, and cups
- Moist towelettes, sanitary wipes
- Extra car keys
- Emergency preparedness guide
These items should be placed in a large plastic
container with a lid or other container and stored in a place known by
all family members. Date and replace food, water and batteries every six
months. Check and update supplies yearly. |
