Household Chemical Emergency Checklist: 14 Items
Store, handle, and respond safely to hazardous household products such as cleaners, fuels, solvents, and pesticides.
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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: Never decant chemicals into drink bottles.
Never decant chemicals into drink bottles.
Notes: Keep chemicals locked away from children and pets.
Keep chemicals locked away from children and pets.
Notes: Post numbers where household members can find them.
Post numbers where household members can find them.
Notes: Never pour unknown hazardous products into drains.
Never pour unknown hazardous products into drains.
โ ๏ธ Respond Safely When Needed
Notes: Dangerous gases can form when products react.
Dangerous gases can form when products react.
Notes: Avoid returning before it is declared safe.
Avoid returning before it is declared safe.
Notes: Do not induce vomiting without professional instruction.
Do not induce vomiting without professional instruction.
Notes: Describe the product and possible exposure clearly.
Describe the product and possible exposure clearly.
๐ Recover, Maintain & Review
Notes: Do not attempt to neutralize unidentified substances.
Do not attempt to neutralize unidentified substances.
Notes: Dispose of unwanted chemicals using local collection programs.
Dispose of unwanted chemicals using local collection programs.
Notes: Follow hazardous waste handling guidance.
Follow hazardous waste handling guidance.
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How to Use This Checklist
Store, handle, and respond safely to hazardous household products such as cleaners, fuels, solvents, and pesticides.
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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