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Make a Family Emergency Plan.
- 4 Steps To Prepare Your Family For Disasters, (Spanish), AA of Pediatrics
Sign up to receive National and Local Emergency Alerts by email/cell/pager.
Select a form, record Your Family Plan and make copies for each family member.
- Our SAFE Plan (interactive)
- Ready Family Emergency Plan, (Spanish) (interactive)
Assemble a “Grab and Go” 72-hour Kit for use if required to evacuate.
- Emergency Checklist, lifeorganizers.com
- Food Ideas: Coast Guard Rations, Survival Food Tabs, or MRE's (all have long shelf life)
Organize Important Documents to "Grab and Go" if required to evacuate.
- Important Legal Documents & Financial Statements, pdfederalcu.org
- The Grab-n-Go Binder, thesurvivalmom.com, NEW
Store some Water.
Store one gallon of water per person per day for at least three days. Store more if possible.
Build a Three-month Supply of food you eat and rotate.
When you have three months, gradually build a Long-term Supply of basic food.
- Food Storage Calculator
- LDS Family Home Storage Center Price List, (English or Spanish). Best Prices.
Basic Bulk Food available at LDS Washington DC Welfare Complex, 7979 Penn-Randall Place, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772. Call for appointment to dry pack--301-735-5439
One month kits also available through http://store.lds.org/
Build a Financial Reserve.
- The Basics of Family Finances, (Spanish)
- Online Financial Calculators
- Online Financial Course: Peace in Your Hearts
“This course will help you understand debt, and manage your finances to avoid or eliminate it in your life.”
Store Medication and First Aid supplies.
Store Bedding and Clothing.
Want to see more Checklists?
Refer to Manuals & Guides for further help on Emergency Preparedness:
- Family Emergency Preparedness Guide, 52 pgs, by SW UT Public Health Dept. NEW
- Family Preparedness Manual, 2004, 101 pgs, Guide to Emergency and Financial Prep
- FEMA: Are You Ready? (Spanish), 2004, 204 pgs., Guide to Citizen Preparedness
- LDS Preparedness Manual, 2008, 222 pgs., Compiled by Parrett
- Preparing for Disaster, (Spanish), 2004, 14 pages, FEMA/Red Cross
- Ready.Gov: Get a Kit, Make a Plan, Be Informed, (Spanish)
- Virginia Dept of Emergency Management, (Spanish), Virginia Specific Emergency Information
- Red Cross "Preparedness Facts ", (Guides available in Spanish)
Go to Resource Library and Event Handouts for more Information.
Go to Links to Shop for Food and Emergency Supplies.
“As long as I can remember, we have been taught to prepare for the future and to obtain a year’s supply of necessities. I believe the time to disregard this counsel is over. With the events in the world today, it must be considered with all seriousness. Create a plan if you don’t already have one, or update your present plan. We are not in a situation that requires panic buying, but we do need to be careful in purchasing and rotating the storage that we are putting away.” Elder L. Tom Perry