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Family Emergency Plan
Discuss What Your Family Should Do for Each Type of Disaster
- Find the safe areas in your home to take shelter
- Determine the best escape routes from your home and find two ways out of each room
- Pick places to meet - choose a location outside your house in case of household emergency, such as a fire, and one outside your neighborhood in case you can not return to your house
- Pick local and out-of-town family check-in points for everyone to call if your family gets separated
- Make sure everyone knows the phone numbers
- Discuss what to do in an emergency
- Stock emergency supplies. You should assemble enough supplies to support your needs for three days
Assemble a Disaster Supplies Kit in Case of Evacuation
- Battery powered radio
- Battery-operated tone-alert weather radio
- Blankets/sleeping bags
- Can opener
- Cash/credit cards
- Change of clothes/footwear
- Extra batteries
- Extra pair of glasses
- Extra set of car keys
- First aid kit
- Flashlight
- Packaged or canned food
- Prescription medications
- Water
Prepare an Emergency Car Kit
- Battery-powered radio
- Blanket
- Booster cable
- Bottled water
- Extra batteries
- Fire extinguisher
- First aid kit
- Flashlight
- Maps
- Non-perishable high-energy foods
- Tire repair kit/pump
Install Safety Features in Your Home
- Fire extinguishers
- Smoke detectors
Practice & Maintain Your Plan
- Conduct fire and emergency evacuation drills annually
- Replace stored water every three months and food every six months
- Test and recharge your fire extinguisher(s) according to manufacture's instructions
- Test your smoke detector once a month and replace the batteries twice a year; it is suggested the batteries be replaced in the fall and spring
- During emergencies, information will be disseminated through Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Instagram.)