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TORNADO • FLASH FLOOD • EARTHQUAKE • WINTER STORM • HURRICANE • FIRE • HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILL Emergency Preparedness Checklist ✓ he next time disaster checklist will help you get For additional information strikes, you may not started. Discuss these about how to prepare for T have much time to ideas with your family, then hazards in your commu- act. Prepare now for prepare an emergency plan. nity, contact your local a sudden emergency. Post the plan where every- emergency management Learn how to protect your- one will see it—on the or civil defense office self and cope with disaster refrigerator or bulletin and American Red Cross by planning ahead. This board. chapter.

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C ❏ Discuss what to do about power M Call Your Emergency Prepare a Disaster outages and personal injuries. Y Management Office Supplies Kit ❏ Draw a floor plan of your home. CM or American Red Cross Assemble supplies you might need in an Mark two escape routes from each evacuation. Store them in an easy-to-carry MY Chapter room. container such as a backpack or duffle bag. CY ❏ Find out which disasters could ❏ Show family members how to turn CMY occur in your area. off the water, gas and electricity at Include: ❏ A supply of water (one gallon per K ❏ Ask how to prepare for each disaster. main switches when necessary. person per day). Store water in ❏ Ask how you would be warned of ❏ Post emergency telephone numbers sealed, unbreakable containers. an emergency. near telephones. Identify the storage date and replace ❏ Learn your community’s ❏ Teach children how and when to every six months. evacuation routes. call 911, police and fire. ❏ A supply of non-perishable packaged or canned food and a non-electric ❏ Ask about special assistance for ❏ Instruct household members to turn can opener. elderly or disabled persons. on the radio for emergency information. ❏ A change of clothing, rain gear and Also... ❏ Pick one out-of-state and one local sturdy shoes. ❏ Ask your workplace about friend or relative for family members ❏ Blankets or sleeping bags. to call if separated during a disaster emergency plans. ❏ A first aid kit and prescription (it is often easier to call out-of-state ❏ Learn about emergency plans for medications. than within the affected area). your children’s school or day care ❏ An extra pair of glasses. center. ❏ Teach children your out-of-state ❏ A battery-powered radio, flashlight contact’s phone numbers. and plenty of extra batteries. Create an Emergency ❏ Pick two emergency meeting places. ❏ Credit cards and cash. Plan 1) A place near your home in case ❏ An extra set of car keys. of a fire. ❏ A list of family physicians. ❏ Meet with household members to 2) A place outside your neighbor- discuss the dangers of fire, severe hood in case you cannot return ❏ A list of important family information; the style and serial number of weather, earthquakes and other home after a disaster. emergencies. Explain how to medical devices such as pacemakers. respond to each. ❏ Take a basic first aid and CPR class. ❏ Special items for infants, elderly or ❏ Find the safe spots in your home ❏ Keep family records in a water and disabled family members. for each type of disaster. fire-proof container. EmergencyPreparednessChecklist_pg2.pdf 10/12/2006 4:56:52 PM

Emergency Plan Escape Plan Out-of-State Contact n a fire or other emergency, you may need to evacuate your house, Name apartment or mobile home on a I moment’s notice. You should be City ready to get out fast. Telephone (Day) (Evening) Develop an escape plan by drawing a floor plan of your residence. Using a black or blue pen, show the location of doors, windows, Local Contact stairways, and large furniture. Indicate the Name location of emergency supplies (Disaster Supplies Kit), fire extinguishers, smoke Telephone (Day) (Evening) detectors, collapsible ladders, first aid kits and utility shut off points. Next, use a colored pen to draw a broken line charting Nearest Relative at least two escape routes from each room. Name Finally, mark a place outside of the home where household members should meet in City case of fire. Be sure to include important points outside Telephone (Day) (Evening) such as garages, patios, stairways, elevators, driveways and porches. If your Family Work Numbers home has more than two floors, use an additional sheet of paper. Practice Father Mother emergency evacuation drills with all C Other household members at least two times M each year.

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Home Hazard Hunt ❏ Wear protective clothing and ❏ Maps, Shovel, Flares In a disaster, ordinary items in the home sturdy shoes. ❏ Tire repair kit and pump can cause injury and damage. Anything ❏ Take your Disaster Supplies Kit. that can move, fall, break or cause a fire Fire Safety ❏ Lock your house. is a potential hazard. ❏ Plan two escape routes out of each ❏ Use travel routes specified by local room. ❏ Repair defective electrical wiring officials. and leaky gas connections. ❏ Practice fire drills at least twice a year. If you are sure you have time .. . ❏ Fasten shelves securely and brace ❏ Teach family members to stay low to overhead light fixtures. ❏ Shut off water, gas and electricity, if the ground when escaping from a fire. instructed to do so. ❏ Place large, heavy objects on lower ❏ Teach family members never to open ❏ Let others know when you left and shelves. doors that are hot. In a fire, feel the where you are going. ❏ Hang pictures and mirrors away bottom of the door with the palm of from beds. ❏ Make arrangements for pets. Animals your hand. If it is hot, do not open ❏ Strap water heater to wall studs. may not be allowed in public shelters. the door. Find another way out. ❏ Repair cracks in ceilings or ❏ Install smoke detectors on every level foundations. Prepare an ofyour home. Clean and test them ❏ Store weed killers, pesticides and Emergency Car Kit at least once a month. Change flammable products away from Include: batteries at least once a year. heat sources. ❏ Battery powered radio, flashlight and ❏ Keep a whistle in each bedroom to ❏ Place oily polishing rags or waste in extra batteries awaken household in case of fire. covered metal cans. ❏ Blanket ❏ Check electrical outlets. Do not ❏ Clean and repair chimneys, flue ❏ Booster cables overload outlets. pipes, vent connectors and gas vents. ❏ Fire extinguisher (5 lb., A-B-C type) ❏ Purchase and learn how to use a fire C extinguisher (5 lb., A-B-C type). If You Need to Evacuate ❏ First aid kit and manual M ❏ Have a collapsible ladder on each ❏ Listen to a battery powered radio for ❏ Bottled water and non-perishable high Y upper floor of your house. the location of emergency shelters. energy foods such as granola bars, CM Follow instructions of local officials. raisins and peanut butter ❏ Consider installing home sprinklers.

CY Information in this brochure was developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Community CMY and Family Preparedness Program and the American Red Cross Community Disaster Education Program.