ARE YOU PREPARED?

1. Have you or your family rehearsed escape routes from your home?  Y  N
2. Have you identified a safe place outside your home to go if you had to escape in an emergency?  Y  N
3. Does your family know what to do before, during and after a fire, winter storm, earthquake or other emergency situation?  Y  N
4. If you have heavy objects hanging over beds that could fall during an earthquake have you secured them?  Y  N
5. Do you have access to an operational flashlight in every occupied bedroom?  Y  N
6. Do you keep your shoes and a change of clothes by your bed in case of an emergency evacuation?  Y  N
7. If a water line was ruptured in an emergency, do you know how and where to shut off the main water line to your house?  Y  N
8. Can this water valve be turned off by hand? Do you have a tool if one is needed?  Y  N
9. If the gas line was ruptured in an emergency, do you know how and where to turn off the main gas shut-off?  Y  N
10. Gas valves usually cannot be turned off by hand. Is there a tool to turn it off located in a handy place (that house members know) to turn it off?  Y  N
11. Do you have working smoke alarms in the proper places to warn you of fire?  Y  N
12. In case of a minor fire do you have a working fire extinguisher that you know how to operate?  Y  N
13. Do you have duplicate keys and copies of important insurance and other papers stored outside your home?  Y  N
14. Do you have a functional emergency radio to receive emergency information?  Y  N
15. Have you established a local phone contact and place to go outside of your neighborhood (friend or relative) if you can’t reach home?  Y  N
16. Have you established an out-of-state phone contact and do all family members know and have the means to call them?  Y  N
17. Do you always keep your cars gas tank filled at half or above?  Y  N
18. What route will you take out of your neighborhood if an evacuation became necessary? Do you know what you would take with you? Where will you go?  Y  N