Landslide & Debris Flow Preparedness Checklist: 14 Items
Identify unstable slopes and prepare evacuation and property decisions for landslides or debris flows.
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🛡️ 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: Review maps and known slide histories.
Review maps and known slide histories.
Notes: Note unusual cracks, tilting, or new ground movement.
Note unusual cracks, tilting, or new ground movement.
Notes: Identify alternate safe destinations.
Identify alternate safe destinations.
Notes: Burned slopes can remain vulnerable for years.
Burned slopes can remain vulnerable for years.
⚠️ Respond Safely When Needed
Notes: Avoid crossing an active debris flow.
Avoid crossing an active debris flow.
Notes: Do not investigate cracks during an active hazard.
Do not investigate cracks during an active hazard.
Notes: Follow closed road instructions.
Follow closed road instructions.
Notes: Do not attempt repairs yourself.
Do not attempt repairs yourself.
🔄 Recover, Maintain & Review
Notes: Secondary slides and damaged foundations may persist.
Secondary slides and damaged foundations may persist.
Notes: Avoid excavation near unstable slopes.
Avoid excavation near unstable slopes.
Notes: Landslide coverage may differ from flood policies.
Landslide coverage may differ from flood policies.
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How to Use This Checklist
Identify unstable slopes and prepare evacuation and property decisions for landslides or debris flows.
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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