PREPARE A FAMILY EMERGENCY PLAN /DISASTERS

*Each member of your family involved in drawing up the emergency plan.

*Keep emergency telephone number next to the telephone.

*Ensure everybody knows where the first aid kits and disaster kits are stored.

*Ensure you know how to turn off the water, gas and electricity in case of an accident.

*learn how to use a fire extinguisher

*keep a pair of shoes and a flashlight next to your bed in case of an incident at night.

*Ensure you know the best way to get out of your house.

*Plan two different routes for evacuating the area where you live.

*Plan two meeting points one near your house and other outside your neighborhood.

*Keep friends and family members contact details to hand and make sure that these peoples know that
they are your emergency contact.

*TEACH THE CHILDREN*

1. How to contact the emergency services.

2. How to contact family members if necessary.

3. How to recognize the smell of gas and alert the adults if they detect it first.

4. How to react if they discover a fire.

5. Give the children a card to always carry with them with the following information their first and second
names, address, the telephone number at home and at the place of work as well as the telephone number of
two emergency contacts.

*FOR THE ELDERLY OR DISABLED PEOPLE*

1. Plan a network of people who can help to evacuate in an emergency situation.