Family emergency disaster plan

by: Leonard Tristan S. Seprioto

Family Last Name(s) or Household Address: Date: 7/23/2019

Seprioto Residence – Purok 2 Sitio Sto. Nino Catbalogan City, Samar 6700

Name Home Phone Contact Number

Seprioto, Arnel A. 543 - 9245 +63 918 328 7012
Seprioto, Adelaida S. 543 - 9245 +63 926 083 0140
Seprioto, Precious Nadine S. 543 - 9245 543 - 8256
Seprioto, Linart S. 543 - 9245 +63 916 662 5805
Seprioto, Leonard Tristan S. 543 - 9245 +63 956 887 6622
Seprioto, Patricia Mae S. 543 - 9245 +63 917 770 9925

Emergency Family Emergency Plan Situations

Supplies
Keep enough supplies in your home
to meet your needs for at least
three days. Assemble a Disaster
Supplies Kit with items you may
need in an evacuation. Store these
supplies in sturdy, easy-to-carry
containers such as backpacks,
duffle bags or covered trash
containers. Include:
■ A three-day supply of water (one
gallon per person per day) and food
that won’t spoil.
■ One change of clothing and
footwear per person, and one
blanket or sleeping bag per person.
• Shelter-in-place
■ Take immediate shelter wherever you are – home, work,
school or in between – rather than entering into a hazardous situation.
■ Used for situations such as severe storms, winter weather,
biological emergencies.
■ Time will vary; few hours to several days.
• Evacuation
■ Leaving your current location and seeking shelter at a safer
place.
■ For situations such as flood or chemical accidents.
■ Time will vary; days, weeks - it may be never for some
situations (e.g., flood).

■ A first aid kit that includes your

family’s prescription medications.

■ Emergency tools including a

reminders before an earthquake:
battery-powered radio, flashlight
and plenty of extra batteries.
• Gather information.

■ Sanitation supplies and special
items for infant, elderly or disabled
family members.
■ An extra pair of glasses. Keep
important family documents in a
waterproof container. Keep a
smaller kit in the trunk of your car.
■ What disasters or hazards are most likely in your community?
■ How would you be warned?
■ How should you prepare for each?
■ Know the warning signals for your area.
■ Learn the warning systems for your community.
■ Be sure you can hear or see the appropriate warnings
• Obtain insurance for your family and home.

■ Check your homeowners insurance.

■ Get additional coverage for situations that may not be covered.
HOME
• Stay alert for emergency broadcasts. HAZARD
During a disaster, ordinary objects
■ Emergency Alert System broadcasts (radio, TV)
in your home can cause injury or
■ NOAA weather radio alerts damage. Anything that can move,
fall, break or cause a fire is a home
■ News sources – radio, television, internet hazard. For example, a hot water
heater or a bookshelf can fall.
• Choose a post-hazard meeting place for your family. Inspect your home at least once a
■ A safe distance from your home for sudden emergencies (e.g., fire). year and fix potential hazards.

Contact your local fire department

■ Outside your neighborhood in case you can’t return home.
to learn about home fire hazards.
■ Learn where area evacuation shelters are located.

• Make a family communication plan.

■ Know how you will contact each other if you are at work, school or Evacuation
other location.
■ Listen to your battery-powered
■ Have an out-of-state friend or relative serve as an emergency radio and follow the instructions of
contact for everyone to call. local emergency officials.

■ Keep a list of emergency phone numbers, including neighborhood ■ Wear protective clothing and
contacts. sturdy shoes.

■ Take your Disaster Supplies Kit.

■ Give emergency numbers to all family members and post by every
phone. ■ Lock your home.

• Make a family emergency supply kit. ■ Use travel routes specified by

local authorities — don’t use
■ You may need to survive on your own temporarily until you can get shortcuts because certain areas
assistance. may be impassable or dangerous.

■ Prepare a kit with 3 or more days of supplies (food, water, clothing).

• Share the above information with your family. If you’re sure you have time:
■ Meet with all members of your household. ■ Shut off water, gas and electricity
before leaving, if instructed to do
■ Discuss the types of hazards that could occur. so.
■ Discuss your family’s plan. ■ Post a note telling others when
you left and where you are going.
■ Practice your plans.
■ Make arrangements for your pets.
• Plan how you and your neighbors could work together during a
disaster.
■ Create a neighborhood communication plan.
■ Help neighbors who have special needs, such as elderly or disabled persons.
■ Make plans for child care in case parents cannot get home.
■ Learn plans for your work, children’s schools, or other locations.