Disability & Access Needs Emergency Checklist: 14 Items
Plan emergency alerts, accessible evacuation, service animals, assistive devices, and essential support for people with disabilities.
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🛡️ Prepare Before an Emergency
Notes: Save your city or county emergency management contact and follow current instructions.
Save your city or county emergency management contact and follow current instructions.
Notes: Agree on a meeting point or short check-in message; keep contact information private.
Agree on a meeting point or short check-in message; keep contact information private.
Notes: Confirm safe water, medicines, and a charged radio or phone are accessible.
Confirm safe water, medicines, and a charged radio or phone are accessible.
Notes: Identify tasks that require another person or specialized equipment.
Identify tasks that require another person or specialized equipment.
Notes: Consider captions, text, large print, tactile or auditory alerts.
Consider captions, text, large print, tactile or auditory alerts.
Notes: Check mobility access and assistance procedures locally.
Check mobility access and assistance procedures locally.
Notes: Keep relevant batteries, chargers, spare parts, and instructions.
Keep relevant batteries, chargers, spare parts, and instructions.
⚠️ Respond Safely When Needed
Notes: Help responders identify vital assistive items.
Help responders identify vital assistive items.
Notes: Coordinate with healthcare providers and utilities when applicable.
Coordinate with healthcare providers and utilities when applicable.
Notes: Plan shelter access and animal care.
Plan shelter access and animal care.
Notes: Identify barriers and alternative exits.
Identify barriers and alternative exits.
🔄 Recover, Maintain & Review
Notes: Check access to transport, medication, caregivers, and facilities.
Check access to transport, medication, caregivers, and facilities.
Notes: Contact qualified providers when repairs are needed.
Contact qualified providers when repairs are needed.
Notes: Include travel and temporary accommodation.
Include travel and temporary accommodation.
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How to Use This Checklist
Plan emergency alerts, accessible evacuation, service animals, assistive devices, and essential support for people with disabilities.
Follow current alerts and instructions from local officials. Hazards, climate, geography, access requirements, and household needs can change which actions are appropriate.
Important Safety and Scope Notes
This practical checklist is an independent, English-language adaptation of the Ready.gov preparedness topic. It does not reproduce FEMA publications and is not endorsed by FEMA or any U.S. government agency.
Use this checklist to organize preparations and recovery tasks. In an active emergency, follow the latest official instructions rather than relying on a static checklist.
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