Emergency plan · USA
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Who calls who, where do you meet up, and where's the main water shut-off valve? Fill it in here and print it. Put it on the fridge and keep a copy in your emergency kit.
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Our household
Household members
Emergency numbers
The emergency number is already filled in. Add the other numbers yourself.
Who calls who
List them in the order you would call them.
Contact outside the area
If something happens here, we all check in with…
Meeting points
1. Right outside the home (in a fire)
2. In the neighborhood, if we can't get home
3. Out of town, if the neighborhood is evacuated
Shut-offs and keys
Evacuation
What we do when…
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Storm
- Power: Charge your phone and power banks and get a flashlight ready.
- Reaching each other: Call the people under “Who calls who” and check that everyone is OK.
- Water: Store at least 1 gallon of water per person per day for several days, for drinking and sanitation.
High water and flooding
- Meeting point: Agree that everyone goes to your meeting point if you can't reach each other.
- Water: Store at least 1 gallon of water per person per day for several days, for drinking and sanitation.
- Power: Charge your phone and power banks and get a flashlight ready.
Power outage
- Power: Charge your phone and power banks and get a flashlight ready.
- Food: Eat what's in the fridge first; keep the freezer closed. Make sure you have non-perishable food you can eat without power.
- Water: Store at least 1 gallon of water per person per day for several days, for drinking and sanitation.
Heat
- Water: Store at least 1 gallon of water per person per day for several days, for drinking and sanitation.
- Medications: Put the medications you need every day together, so you can take them quickly.
- Reaching each other: Call the people under “Who calls who” and check that everyone is OK.
Cold, snow and ice
- Staying warm: Get blankets and warm clothes ready in case the heat goes out.
- Power: Charge your phone and power banks and get a flashlight ready.
- Food: Make sure you have non-perishable food you can eat without power.
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Source
This plan is based on Ready.gov advice: know how you will contact each other, where you will meet, how to get out of the house in a fire, and what to do if your neighborhood is evacuated. PrepperApp is not a government service.
Checked on November 4, 2026.
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