Family Disaster Plan

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Here are 3 steps the Red Cross recommends you follow in preparing an Emergency Plan

With your family or household members, discuss how to prepare and respond to the types of emergencies that are most likely to happen where you live, learn, work and play.

Identify responsibilities for each member of your household and how you will work together as a team.

Practice as many elements of your plan as possible.

• Family Disaster Plan Template - English
  
• Template Tips - English
  
• Family Disaster Plan Template - Spanish
  
• Template Tips - Spanish
  

Plan for the emergencies that are most likely to happen where you live

• Be familiar with natural disaster risks in your community.

• Consider how you will respond to emergencies that can happen anywhere, such as home fires and floods.

• Consider how you will respond to emergencies that are unique to your region, such as volcanoes, tsunamis or tornadoes.

• Think about emergencies that may require your family to shelter in place (such as a winter storm), vs. emergencies that may require evacuation (such as a hurricane).

Consult the Red Cross  emergency resource library for tips on preparing for, responding to, and recovering from specific disasters.

Here is the a blank form to do your family disaster plan. 
https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/atg/PDF_s/Preparedness___Disaster_Recovery/General_Preparedness___Recovery/Home/ARC_Family_Disaster_Plan_Template_r083012.pdf