Family Meeting Place

You and your family may not be together when disaster strikes, so plan how you will contact one another and review what you will do in different situations.

Designate family local and out of area contacts.

Where to Go in an Emergency

Write down where your family spends the most time: work, school and other places you frequent. Schools, daycare providers, workplaces and apartment buildings should all of site-specific emergency plans.

Meet with your family and discuss why you need to prepare for disaster. Explain the dangers of fire, severe weather and earthquakes to children. Plan to share responsibilities and work together as a team.

Discuss the types of disasters that are most likely to happen. Explain what to do in each case.

Pick Two Places to Meet

1. Right outside your home in case of a sudden emergency, like a fire.
    
2. Outside your neighborhood in case you can’t return home. Everyone must know the address and phone number.