Emergencies
Emergency Planning Guide

Evacuation Check List

• Decide to evacuate if you feel that you or your family are threatened, or following instruction from emergency management officials.
• Collect survival kit, family members, pets as quickly as possible
• Each person pack one bag with clothing, toiletries, personal items for one week
• Plan an evacuation route and destination
• Notify emergency contacts, neighbors who know your planned route and destination
• Wear sturdy clothing and take additional clothing depending on weather/season
• Secure your home
  • Unplug appliances
  • Close and lock doors and windows
  • Engage alarm system
  • If freezing conditions are expected during your absence:
    • Turn off main water valve
    • Drain faucets
    • Turn off inside valves for external faucets and open outside faucets to drain
• Leave early enough to minimize congestion or delay
• Keep to main routes that are regularly traveled. Short cuts and back roads may become dangerous, flooded, or blocked and are not as regularly patrolled if you experience mechanical difficulty or other emergency.
• Notify emergency contacts of your arrival at destination and points of contact there.
• Keep emergency contacts updated about your condition, location, and contact information.
• Maintain radio watch to determine when it is safe to return to your home.
• Upon return to your home, inspect external doors and windows to determine if security is intact. Call police if you see intentional damage or suspect intruders have entered your home.
• If you have been absent for more than 24 hours, determine if power outage occurred, inspect refrigerated foods for spoilage
• Establish Emergency Gathering Points:
  • In the home:
  • Away from home:
• Establish Emergency Contacts-People who can be used to find family members and maintain indirect contact. Call and describe who you are, where you are, how you are, what you need, how you can be reached, and any other information that may help others to find you and/or avoid crisis situations.
  Name ________________________________ Telephone No. _______________
  Name ________________________________ Telephone No. _______________