COVID19 Public Health Information

Batavia, OH – One way that you can better prepare yourself for an emergency or disaster is to create a family communications plan. Families are not always together when disaster strikes, so having a communications plan is essential.

To help in the planning process, FEMA has created family plan checklists. Complete the plan, and then fill out a contact card for each member of the family to keep in a wallet, purse, or backpack so it will be readily available during an emergency.

Family Communication Plan Tips:

• Have an out-of-town contact that you and your family members can call during an emergency. It may be easier to place an out-of-town call than a local one.
  
• American Red Cross developed a website, Safe and Well, which allows those affected by disaster to post messages to let friends and family know they are safe.
  
• Text messages will often get through overloaded phone networks even when a voice call cannot.
  

For additional information on developing communication plans, visit: www.ready.gov/family-communications; http://emergency.cdc.gov/preparedness/plan/; https://safeandwell.communityos.org/cms/index.php