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Your local government will issue evacuation orders when a disaster
is impending. This will be communicated via local radio and
television stations, or by local police and fire personnel going
door to door, or by a reverse 911 phone call.
A disaster evacuation route and destination should be already
planned.
Take the following:
Essential Supplies
- Checkbook, cash, and credit cards
- Car keys
- Map of area
- Eyeglasses (with prescription if possible)
- Medical supplies including prescription medications
- Medical equipment - dentures, crutches, wheel chair, etc.
- Flashlight with extra batteries or a self generating
flashlight
- Portable AM/FM radio with extra batteries
- First Aid Kit
- Bottled Water (1 gallon per person per day)
- Foods that do not require refrigeration or cooking
- A change of clothing for each
- Sleeping bag or blankets, pillow for each
- Supplies for infant
- Toys for children
Papers to take with you
- Driver's license or personal identification for each
- Social Security card
- Proof of residence (drivers license, etc.)
- Insurance policies and identification cards (life, medical,
homeowners)
- Birth certificates for each
- Marriage certificate
- Stocks, bonds, and other securities
- Wills
- Deeds
- Recent tax returns
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