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Develop Your Plan
• Plan to Stay or Go: Plan to stay home for at least two weeks or
evacuate.
• Help to Evacuate: If you need help evacuating, plan who will
help you. Decide where you will go; primary and secondary.
• Power Needs: If you require power to operate medical devices or
keep medicines cold, make a back-up plan.
• Fire Safety: Identify two ways out of every room to escape a
home fire and plan for the help you may need.
• Property or Renter's Insurance: Make sure you have a policy that
meets your property and disaster coverage needs.
Create a Communication Plan
• Make an emergency contact list and plan how you'll reach
your support group and important emergency contacts when
communications may be disrupted.
Gather Your Supplies
• Get Basic Emergency Supplies: Use a checklist to prepare what
you'll need in your home, car or when you evacuate.
• Manage Medical and Personal Needs: Keep at least 30 days
of medications and extra assistive items such as a cane or
eyeglasses. Plan for your food needs if you follow a special diet.
• Get batteries to back-up power dependent devices.
Prepare Key Documents
• Locate Important Documents: Use a checklist to collect and
copy documents including identifications, financial, legal and
medical papers you'll need to help you recover.
• Keep an Up-to-Date List of Medical Information: conditions,
allergies, medications, prescription records, doctors and
insurance cards.
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Practical Steps To Prepare You For An Emergency From the Red Cross
