The Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management encourages you to talk with your family about emergencies: what to do, how to find each other and how to stay in contact during an emergency.
- Be ready to Shelter-in-Place for at least 72 hours.
- Have a Go Bag and be ready to evacuate.
- Decide on two meeting places where household members should meet after an emergency - one right outside or close to your home and anther outside your neighborhood.
- Practice evacuating from your home using different exits and practice getting to your meeting places.
- Ask a friend or relative who lives outside of the 215 area code to be your family's emergency contact. If local phone circuits are busy, long distance calls may be easier to make.
- Plan for everyone in your family especially seniors, people with disabilities, and non-English speakers.
- Give everyone in your house a copy of your emergency plan and emergency contact information to keep in their wallets or backpacks.
- Twice a year - check your emergency plan and the expiration dates of your emergency supplies when you change your clocks and fire alarms batteries.
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