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Emergency kits are meant to provide food, emergency shelter, communications (wind-up or battery-run radio) and basic medical supplies to get you past the initial confusion and gridlock that comes with a disaster. They are nothing less than a lifeline that will see you through a disaster until you’re able to make it home or to your getaway location safely. If you take prescription medicine, it is important to have extra medicine tucked away in your emergency kit. For those of you who commute or carpool to work, it is wise to keep an extra emergency kit at work.

Time for an Escape Plan

As reflected in the scenario presented at the beginning of this chapter, it is important to find out what the emergency plan for your child’s school is, or if applicable, their daycare. Will your child be evacuated to another location in the event of a weather related disaster, or an earthquake, or a terrorist attack? If so, find out where that location is. Ask if you will be allowed to pick up your child and if you can appoint a designated contact person to pick them up in the event you are unable to reach them yourself. If so, be sure to give the school or daycare their name and give your signed consent to your contact person.