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The Family Safety Checklist
35 practical steps your family can work through together: an emergency plan, home fire safety, medical information, kids and teens, scams, and your vehicles and belongings. Every step says where its advice comes from.
- Your family emergency plan (6)
- At home (6)
- Medical and emergency information (4)
- Kids and teens (6)
- Phones, money and scams (5)
- Vehicles and belongings (4)
- Keep it going (4)
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A look inside
Your family emergency plan
- Write down a family communication plan and keep a paper copy, as Ready.gov recommends.
- Pick one out-of-town contact everyone can text or call. Ready.gov says texting often gets through when calls don't.
- Choose two meeting places: one right outside your home and one outside your neighborhood.
At home
- Have smoke and carbon monoxide alarms on every level of your home and near sleeping areas (Ready.gov).
- Test your alarms every month (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission).
- Know two ways out of every room (U.S. Fire Administration).
In an emergency, call 911. This checklist is general safety information, not legal or medical advice.