Emergency Planning Tips from USÂ Department of Homeland Security and FEMA Emergency Resources
To create a customized emergency plan for your household, classroom or workplace, simply follow the links below:
Printable Emergency Planning and Survival Tips
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Emergency information, survival checklists, and interactive family emergency planning tips provided by FEMA and Ready.gov
Emergency Planning Tips for Your Home:
- Get an emergency supplies kit. Be sure to consider additional items to accommodate family members’ special needs:
- Prescription medications and glasses
- Infant formula and diapers
- Pet food, extra water for your pet, leash and collar
- Important family documents such as copies of insurance policies, identification and bank account records in a waterproof, portable container
- Books, games, puzzles or other activities for children
- Make sure your family has a plan in case of an emergency. Before an emergency happens, sit down together and decide how you will get in contact with each other, where you will go and what you will do in an emergency.
- Determine a neighborhood meeting place, a regional meeting place and an evacuation location.
- Identify an out-of-town emergency contact. It may be easier to make a long-distance phone call than to call across town, so an out-of-town contact is important to help communicate among separated family members. Be sure every member of your family knows the out-of-town phone number and has coins or a prepaid phone card to call the emergency contact. You may have trouble getting through, or the telephone system may be down altogether, but be patient.
- You may also want to inquire about emergency plans at places where your family spends time, such as their place of employment. If no plans exist, consider volunteering to help create one.
- Talk to your neighbors about how you can work together in the event of an emergency. You will be better prepared to safely reunite your family and loved ones during an emergency if you think ahead and communicate with others in advance.
Emergency Planning Tips for Your Workplace:
- Take a critical look at your heating, ventilation and air conditioning system to determine if it is secure or if it could feasibly be upgraded to better filter potential contaminants, and be sure you know how to turn it off if you need to.
- Think about what to do if your employees can’t go home
Sunset Survival features a wide range of emergency kits and supplies, to fit every budget:
Check out our popular Deluxe Emergency Backpack Kit – this kit is available for 1-4 people
Smaller kits are available for car, office or home, such as:
- Fanny Pack Kit
- Commuter Survival Kit in cooler bag
Classroom Lockdown Kits are available:
- Classroom Emergency Backpack Kit
- Classroom Lockdown Bucket Kit with Emergency Toilet
We also feature many larger, multi-person kits for offices, businesses, government agencies, or other organizations:
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