Week 10 - Start an Evacuation Plan, Purchase Staple Food

Week 10 – February 2

You should have a minimal 72 hour kit and minimal first aid kit completed.

Home food storage: Purchase a month’s worth of one staple item such as wheat, flour, sugar, rice, beans, or pasta. 

Create an evacuation plan.
   

Evacuation Planning Suggestions

Home Evacuation

     1.  Are there two ways out of every room in your home?

A.  How will you get out of each room?

B.  Does a household member need assistance?

a.  Who is assigned to help whom?

           2. Where will the household members meet?

A.  On your property?

B.  At a neighbors?

           3. What will you take?

A.  What does time allow?

B.  Where are the items to take?

C.  Who is assigned to what items?

          4.  Who will you notify and who is assigned to call each contact?

A.  Is someone assigned to call 9-1-1?

B.  Who is your local contact?

C.  Who is your out of area contact?

         5.  What about your pets?

A.      Where will they go?

B.      Who is responsible for each pet?

         6.  Other_________________________

Area Evacuation (additional planning considerations)

Is the disaster at your work, work neighborhood, home, home neighborhood, school, school neighborhood, or one of the before mentioned areas of another household member.

        1. Can you return home before evacuating?

        2. Where are the other household members?

A.  Where will members with vehicles meet?

B.  Who will pick up members without transportation?

C.  What is the school/daycare policy for children leaving?

a.  Who has permission to pick them up?

b.  What identification is needed?

        3. Where will your pets go?

A.  Does the home or shelter you are going to allow pets?

B.  Is there a special evacuation area set up for large animals?

a.  This will require radio or television for information.

        4. What if household members are separated?

A.  Can your contact person keep everyone informed of everyone’s location?

B.  Do you have assigned locations to go to depending on where the disaster may occur and where household members are at that time?

C.  Do you know how to register your location or find someone with American Red Cross? (These are the website steps as of February 2013)

a.  Log on to redcross.org

b.  Click on “Get Assistance”  (At the top of the page)

c.  Click on “Contact or Find Loved Ones”  or “Register or Search the Safe and Well Listings”

d.  Click on “Register/Search Safe and Well” (Near the bottom of the page in a red box)

e.  Click on “List Myself as Safe and Well” or “Search Registrants”

f.   Answer questions and register or answer questions a search.

        5.  Other_________________________________