Get Tech Ready โ Digital Emergency Checklist: 14 Items
Protect emergency communications, backup power, secure digital records, and essential contacts before disruptions.
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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: Configure phones for local government and weather warnings.
Configure phones for local government and weather warnings.
Notes: Keep compatible cables in the emergency kit.
Keep compatible cables in the emergency kit.
Notes: Use encrypted or password-protected backups when appropriate.
Use encrypted or password-protected backups when appropriate.
Notes: Do not rely exclusively on a live data connection.
Do not rely exclusively on a live data connection.
โ ๏ธ Respond Safely When Needed
Notes: Conserve battery for emergency updates and critical calls.
Conserve battery for emergency updates and critical calls.
Notes: Verify messages against government sources.
Verify messages against government sources.
Notes: Follow battery and charger safety instructions.
Follow battery and charger safety instructions.
Notes: Use a password manager and suitable multi-factor authentication.
Use a password manager and suitable multi-factor authentication.
๐ Recover, Maintain & Review
Notes: Check privacy before uploading sensitive records.
Check privacy before uploading sensitive records.
Notes: Ensure devices can be recharged before the next event.
Ensure devices can be recharged before the next event.
Notes: Remove outdated information and missing files.
Remove outdated information and missing files.
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Protect emergency communications, backup power, secure digital records, and essential contacts before disruptions.
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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