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When to shelter and when to leave
Prepare to shelter or leave by checking official instructions, immediate dangers, household needs, destinations, routes, and communication.
Open the Guide: When to shelter and when to leaveLeaving with children or older adults
Plan evacuation with children or older adults by assigning support, coordinating caregivers, checking access, and protecting communication.
Open the Guide: Leaving with children or older adults
A pet evacuation record
Create a dated pet evacuation record with identification, care routines, transport limits, contacts and privacy choices.
Open the Guide: A pet evacuation record
Service animals and emergency planning
Plan for service-animal access, care, communication, transport and arrival while keeping private information limited.
Open the Guide: Service animals and emergency planningThe household contact sheet
Build a household contact sheet with people, meeting places, communication choices, access notes and local instructions.
Open the Guide: The household contact sheetProtecting copies of key documents
Organize protected paper and digital copies of identity, insurance, medical-access and household records.
Open the Guide: Protecting copies of key documentsUsing a paper map when your phone is unavailable
Use a paper map offline by checking scale, symbols, routes, places, updates and the limits of current conditions.
Open the Guide: Using a paper map when your phone is unavailableCompass basics for emergency travel
Learn compass parts, cardinal directions, declination, map orientation, interference and route limits.
Open the Guide: Compass basics for emergency travel
A monthly household readiness check
Create a manageable monthly household readiness check for supplies, equipment, medicine, pets, access and records.
Open the Guide: A monthly household readiness check