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DISASTER ACTION TEAM

Emergency Preparedness Checklist

  1. Call your emergency management office

    Find out which disasters could occur in your area. Ask how to prepare for each disaster and how your would be warned of an emergency. Make sure to learn your community’s evacuation routes.

  2. Create an emergency plan

    Meet with household members to discuss the dangers of fire, sever weather, earthquakes and other emergencies. Explain how to respond to each. Find the safe spots in your home for each type of disaster.

  3. Prepare a home disaster kit

    Assemble supplies you might need in an evacuation. Store them in an easy-to-carry container such as a backpack or duffle bag.

  4. Prepare a car disaster kit

    Make sure to assemble items that can help provide relief for a few days. Items should include battery powered radio, flashlight, extra batteries, blanket and bottled water.

  5. Inspect for hazards

    In a disaster, ordinary items in the home can cause injury and damage. Anything that can move, fall, break or cause a fire is a potential hazard.

  6. Fire safety

    Teach family members never to open doors that are hot. In a fire, feel the bottom of the door with the palm of your hand. If it is hot, do not open the door. Find another way out.

  7. Create an escape plan

    In a fire or other emergency, you may need to evacuate your house, apartment or mobile home on a moment’s notice. You should be ready to get out fast.

DISASTER ACTION TEAM

Emergency Preparedness Checklist

  1. Call your emergency management office

    Find out which disasters could occur in your area. Ask how to prepare for each disaster and how your would be warned of an emergency. Make sure to learn your community’s evacuation routes.

  2. Create an emergency plan

    Meet with household members to discuss the dangers of fire, sever weather, earthquakes and other emergencies. Explain how to respond to each. Find the safe spots in your home for each type of disaster.

  3. Prepare a home disaster kit

    Assemble supplies you might need in an evacuation. Store them in an easy-to-carry container such as a backpack or duffle bag.

  4. Prepare a car disaster kit

    Make sure to assemble items that can help provide relief for a few days. Items should include battery powered radio, flashlight, extra batteries, blanket and bottled water.

  5. Inspect for hazards

    In a disaster, ordinary items in the home can cause injury and damage. Anything that can move, fall, break or cause a fire is a potential hazard.

  6. Fire safety

    Teach family members never to open doors that are hot. In a fire, feel the bottom of the door with the palm of your hand. If it is hot, do not open the door. Find another way out.

  7. Create an escape plan

    In a fire or other emergency, you may need to evacuate your house, apartment or mobile home on a moment’s notice. You should be ready to get out fast.

DISASTER ACTION TEAM

Emergency Preparedness Checklist

  1. Call your emergency management office

    Find out which disasters could occur in your area. Ask how to prepare for each disaster and how your would be warned of an emergency. Make sure to learn your community’s evacuation routes.

  2. Create an emergency plan

    Meet with household members to discuss the dangers of fire, sever weather, earthquakes and other emergencies. Explain how to respond to each. Find the safe spots in your home for each type of disaster.

  3. Prepare a home disaster kit

    Assemble supplies you might need in an evacuation. Store them in an easy-to-carry container such as a backpack or duffle bag.

  4. Prepare a car disaster kit

    Make sure to assemble items that can help provide relief for a few days. Items should include battery powered radio, flashlight, extra batteries, blanket and bottled water.

  5. Inspect for hazards

    In a disaster, ordinary items in the home can cause injury and damage. Anything that can move, fall, break or cause a fire is a potential hazard.

  6. Fire safety

    Teach family members never to open doors that are hot. In a fire, feel the bottom of the door with the palm of your hand. If it is hot, do not open the door. Find another way out.

  7. Create an escape plan

    In a fire or other emergency, you may need to evacuate your house, apartment or mobile home on a moment’s notice. You should be ready to get out fast.

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DISASTER ACTION TEAM

Emergency Preparedness Checklist

  1. Call your emergency management office

    Find out which disasters could occur in your area. Ask how to prepare for each disaster and how your would be warned of an emergency. Make sure to learn your community’s evacuation routes.

  2. Create an emergency plan

    Meet with household members to discuss the dangers of fire, sever weather, earthquakes and other emergencies. Explain how to respond to each. Find the safe spots in your home for each type of disaster.

  3. Prepare a home disaster kit

    Assemble supplies you might need in an evacuation. Store them in an easy-to-carry container such as a backpack or duffle bag.

  4. Prepare a car disaster kit

    Make sure to assemble items that can help provide relief for a few days. Items should include battery powered radio, flashlight, extra batteries, blanket and bottled water.

  5. Inspect for hazards

    In a disaster, ordinary items in the home can cause injury and damage. Anything that can move, fall, break or cause a fire is a potential hazard.

  6. Fire safety

    Teach family members never to open doors that are hot. In a fire, feel the bottom of the door with the palm of your hand. If it is hot, do not open the door. Find another way out.

  7. Create an escape plan

    In a fire or other emergency, you may need to evacuate your house, apartment or mobile home on a moment’s notice. You should be ready to get out fast.