Develop a Severe Weather Plan Today
EMBARQTM has partnered with the Home Safety Council® to help families develop an emergency communication plan and keep loved ones connected during an emergency. Creating an emergency communication plan is simple.
- Discuss how your family will stay in communication during an emergency.
- Record important plan information on the emergency communication card.
- Seal the card in a plastic bag to protect it from the elements.
- Give every member of your family a card to keep with them at all times.
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In addition, EMBARQ and the Home Safety Council® recommend the following:
- Compile a “Ready-to-Go kit” for when your family needs to leave your home and a “Ready-to-Stay kit” when your family needs to stay inside your home for extended periods of time. Kits should contain water, canned food, can-opener, flashlight, battery-powered radio, extra batteries, change of clothes and first-aid supplies.
- Designate a safe meeting location outside of your home and out of harm’s way.
- Designate a safe place to stay in your home (away from windows) in case of severe weather.
- Plan and practice a severe weather evacuation drill.
- Test your communications contact numbers to be sure the numbers are still valid.
- Keep a corded landline phone in your home.
- Teach your children how to use the phone to call for help.
- Update your cell phone with “In Case of Emergency” (ICE) contact information.
For more information from EMBARQ on how to prepare your family for severe weather, click here.
Please visit HomeSafetyCouncil.org for more information to help your family prepare for all types of emergencies.
