Commuter Emergency Travel Plan Checklist: 14 Items
Plan for a disaster while commuting between home, work, school, or other routine destinations.
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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: Identify roads, rail, and bus alternatives.
Identify roads, rail, and bus alternatives.
Notes: Include workplaces, transit hubs, and accessible shelters.
Include workplaces, transit hubs, and accessible shelters.
Notes: Tell household members where to check for updates.
Tell household members where to check for updates.
Notes: Include water, medicines, comfortable footwear, and charging options.
Include water, medicines, comfortable footwear, and charging options.
โ ๏ธ Respond Safely When Needed
Notes: Avoid hazardous routes and flood-covered roads.
Avoid hazardous routes and flood-covered roads.
Notes: Do not enter restricted areas to retrieve belongings.
Do not enter restricted areas to retrieve belongings.
Notes: State your location and next safe destination.
State your location and next safe destination.
Notes: Plan for phone battery or cellular service failure.
Plan for phone battery or cellular service failure.
๐ Recover, Maintain & Review
Notes: Avoid unnecessary travel until routes reopen.
Avoid unnecessary travel until routes reopen.
Notes: Adapt supplies to the season and travel mode.
Adapt supplies to the season and travel mode.
Notes: Account for construction and schedule changes.
Account for construction and schedule changes.
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How to Use This Checklist
Plan for a disaster while commuting between home, work, school, or other routine destinations.
Follow current alerts and instructions from local officials. Hazards, climate, geography, access requirements, and household needs can change which actions are appropriate.
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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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