DISASTER PREPARATION

Child Safety

• Does your child know or carry...
  1. Contact names and numbers (home, work, pager, cell, e-mail)?
  2. Emergency procedures including how to call 911?
  3. Where to meet in case of an emergency? (see below)
  4. How to recognize danger signals (such as fire alarms)?
•  Do you and school officials...
  1. Know school emergency procedures? Is your child's school prepared?
  2. Have contact names and numbers (home, work, pager, cell, e-mail)?
  3. Have updated information to reach parent and caretakers for pick up?
  4. Know type of authorization school requires to release a child to someone?
  5. Have a child pick up staging area in the event of a disaster?
• Do you...
  1. Limit your child's TV viewing of news and raw footage of disasters?
  2. Make sure baby-sitter knows emergency procedures?

Make sure your household utilizes the Communication Plan in order to organize contact names, phone numbers and information.