Family Emergency Preparedness and Response: What you can do

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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. Keep a copy of this plan in your emergency supply kit or another safe place where you can access it in the event of a disaster. Visit link in the article for a template that can be filled in online and saved or printed on your local computer system. (Courtesy photo)

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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. Keep a copy of this plan in your emergency supply kit or another safe place where you can access it in the event of a disaster. Visit the link in the article for a template that can be filled in online and saved or printed on your local computer system. (Courtesy photo)

JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. – You may not be together as a family when an emergency happens. Consider what to do if there is no access to cell phones, gas stations, grocery stores, ATMs, etc.

-Identify a common out-of-town contact for your family
-Know school and work plans
-Identify meeting places
-Family Emergency Plan template
http://www.ready.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/Family_Emegency_Plan.pdf