Children & School Emergency Preparedness Checklist: 14 Items
Prepare children and school-age households for age-appropriate emergency safety and reunification plans.
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๐ก๏ธ 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: Ask about notifications, sheltering, and reunification points.
Ask about notifications, sheltering, and reunification points.
Notes: Update names and numbers with the school directly.
Update names and numbers with the school directly.
Notes: Practice simple safe actions without alarming children.
Practice simple safe actions without alarming children.
Notes: Include diapers, formula, comfort items, or needed devices.
Include diapers, formula, comfort items, or needed devices.
โ ๏ธ Respond Safely When Needed
Notes: Include the out-of-area contact and family meeting instructions.
Include the out-of-area contact and family meeting instructions.
Notes: Teach children not to return inside a dangerous building.
Teach children not to return inside a dangerous building.
Notes: Wait for official reunification and travel instructions.
Wait for official reunification and travel instructions.
Notes: Add familiar books or games for shelter stays.
Add familiar books or games for shelter stays.
๐ Recover, Maintain & Review
Notes: Seek professional support if distress continues.
Seek professional support if distress continues.
Notes: Reconfirm pickup details and changed facilities.
Reconfirm pickup details and changed facilities.
Notes: Check clothing, food, and medication needs.
Check clothing, food, and medication needs.
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How to Use This Checklist
Prepare children and school-age households for age-appropriate emergency safety and reunification plans.
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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