earthquake_guide_booklet

Family Plan
Here’s a Family Plan for the big shake:
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Sit down with your family and/or friends to discuss
what to do. Imagine different times of day and scenarios
—particularly who will be on what side of the river.
Set up at least two places to meet: one outside of your
home, the other outside of your neighborhood.
Designate a contact—outside of Portland. Make them
your communications hub. Phone lines within and into
the city will be jammed. Outbound calls, particularly to
other regions of the country, should be easier to make.
Texting often goes through when voice can’t.
Know your evacuation routes! Portland’s emergency
planners have developed hazard maps for every
neighborhood that include evacuation routes, hospital
locations, and other emergency services.
Have family documents organized and ready to grab.
That means Social Security cards, insurance information,
passports, and birth certificates.
Get some bikes. Fuel might be tight for days, even
months.
To prepare for and respond to emergencies, Ready.gov has lots
of information available in many languages, including
ESPAÑOL .
The Scouts may have the best advise: Be Prepared. Survival
Guides instruct everyone to have a Basic Disaster Supplies Kit,
with 2 weeks of supplies, a First Aid Kit and a gallon of water per
day per person.
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