Emergency Prepardness Checklist

The next time disaster strikes, you may not have much time to act. Prepare now for a sudden emergency.

This checklist will help you get started.

( ) Find out which disasters could occur in your area.

( ) Ask how to prepare for each disaster.

( ) Ask how you would be warned of an emergency.

( ) Learn your community’s evacuation routes.

( ) Draw a floor plan of your home. Mark two escape routes from each.

( ) Pick one out-of-state and one local friend or relative for family members to call if separated during a disaster (it is often easier to call out-of-state than within the affected area).

( ) Teach children your out-of-state contact’s phone numbers.

( ) Pick two emergency meeting places. 1) A place near your home in case of a fire. 2) A place outside your neighborhood in case you cannot return home after a disaster.

( ) Put together a car emergency kit, as well as a home emergency kit.

For additional information about how to prepare for hazards in your community and to schedule a time for a trainer to come to your church, neighborhood association, organization and/or to sign up as a volunteer, please contact Edna Davis at 404-752-1626 or edavis@msm.edu.