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Alerts, warnings, and message backups
Confirm official alerts, keep useful message backups, enroll in local services and share accessible versions.
Read the Note: Alerts, warnings, and message backups
Protecting 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 documentsA meeting place that can change
Plan flexible household meeting places around access needs, local conditions, closures, communication and privacy.
Read the Note: A meeting place that can changeUsing 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 travelAn essential trip during a shelter-in-place emergency
Decide whether a trip is essential during a shelter-in-place emergency, then plan authorized travel, exposure controls and communication.
Read the Note: An essential trip during a shelter-in-place emergency
A household offline navigation kit
Prepare an offline household navigation kit with readable maps, route cards, paper contacts, light and backup power.
Read the Note: A household offline navigation kit
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 checkSeasonal changes to a home plan
Review seasonal changes to a home plan for heat, cold, storms, power loss, travel, pets and additional needs.
Read the Note: Seasonal changes to a home plan