Household Evacuation & Go-Bag Checklist: 14 Items
Make a family evacuation decision and transportation plan, pack essentials, and leave safely when instructed.
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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: Include a secondary route and transportation without a private car.
Include a secondary route and transportation without a private car.
Notes: Verify that the destination can accept your household and pets.
Verify that the destination can accept your household and pets.
Notes: Plan assistance for stairs, wheelchairs, oxygen, or limited mobility.
Plan assistance for stairs, wheelchairs, oxygen, or limited mobility.
Notes: Include essentials that can be carried quickly.
Include essentials that can be carried quickly.
โ ๏ธ Respond Safely When Needed
Notes: Keep originals secure and copies in a waterproof pouch.
Keep originals secure and copies in a waterproof pouch.
Notes: Plan before roads and fuel stations become crowded.
Plan before roads and fuel stations become crowded.
Notes: Do not wait for a second warning if your zone is ordered to leave.
Do not wait for a second warning if your zone is ordered to leave.
Notes: Never drive around barricades or through water-covered roads.
Never drive around barricades or through water-covered roads.
๐ Recover, Maintain & Review
Notes: Use text messages and update when safe.
Use text messages and update when safe.
Notes: Hazards may remain after the weather has passed.
Hazards may remain after the weather has passed.
Notes: Keep it ready for the next emergency.
Keep it ready for the next emergency.
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How to Use This Checklist
Make a family evacuation decision and transportation plan, pack essentials, and leave safely when instructed.
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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