Before A Disaster...
- Identify a safe location for erecting an emergency shelter outside your home. Assemble and store the necessary provisions for sheltering your family, including sanitation supplies.
- Prepare an Emergency Information sheet for your family that includes work, school and day care phone numbers as well as other pertinent emergency information. Keep this in your Family Disaster Plan notebook.
- Become acquainted with the psychological needs of children and the elderly (see the link below).
- Prepare emergency care kits for elderly and handicapped family members. Prepare emergency care kits for infants and small children that includes books, games or toys that will entertain them while other family members execute their diaster response responsibilities.
Click here for a number of information and instruction sheets you can download pertaining to emergency care for your family and pets.
After A Disaster...
- Take care of any immediate physical or emotional needs of family members.
- If the Damage Assessment Coordinator and Family Preparedness Coordinator determine it is unsafe to stay in your house, set up an emergency shelter as quickly as possible in a safe location and see to the comfort of family members with special needs.
Go back to the Family Council page
Family Preparedness Coordinator
Family Communications Monitor
Family First Aid Coordinator
Family Safety and Security Coordinator
Family Search and Rescue Coordinator
Family Damage Assessment Coordinator
