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Make a Plan (ReadyTown)
Create your personal Emergency Preparedness Plan. Click HERE.

ReadyTown is a simple and fun, step-by-step tool to assist you in making an emergency plan.
Perfect for everyone: families, individuals and those with special needs. It includes:
  • Make a Plan
  • Build a Kit
  • Learn to Prepare
All of the recommendations in the Start Now and Create and Emergency Communication Plan sections below are addressed if you utilize ReadyTown above.
START NOW – well in advance of a hurricane
  • Make an emergency communication plan for family members. It is very possible that you may become separated (due to work or other issues); have a plan for getting back together. Have an out-of-state relative or friend, serve as the "family contact" as it is often easier to reach someone long distance after a hurricane hits an area.
  • Make a plan for pets (they cannot be taken to regular shelters).
  • Check your insurance policy now for hurricane and flood damage coverage. Once a Hurricane Watch is issued, insurance companies will not write any new policies or make adjustments to current policies. Be sure to keep vehicle policies updated and protected.
  • Document your valuables by photographing/videotaping them. Keep records secure in a safety deposit box or waterproof unit.
  • Plan for protecting vehicles including cars, boats and RV.
  • Protect your home. Plan in advance how to secure your home and who will do it.
  • Pre-register for any special needs assistance by calling the Broward County Elderly and Veterans Services Division at 954-537-2888 if you or a family member require special assistance in evacuating or need to stay at a Special Medical Needs shelter. If a member of your family is elderly or disabled and my become vulnerable in the aftermath of a storm, register them with the Vulnerable Population Registry at 954-831-4000 or www.broward.org/atrisk.
  • Gather plentiful supplies by determining your family's food, water and medical needs.
CREATE AN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION PLAN
  • Meet with household members. Discuss with children the dangers of fire, severe weather and other emergencies.
  • Discuss how to respond to each disaster that could occur.
  • Discuss what to do about power outages and personal injuries.
  • Draw a floor plan of your home. Mark two (2) escape routes from each room.
  • Learn how to turn off the water, gas and electricity at main switches or valves.
  • Post emergency telephone numbers near phones.
  • Teach children how and when to call 911, police and fire.
  • Instruct household members to turn on the radio for emergency information.
  • Pick one out-of-state and one local friend or relative for family members to call if separated by disaster (it is often easier to call out-of-state than within the effected area).
  • Teach children how to make long distance calls.
  • Pick two (2) meeting places:
    1) A place near your home in case of fire.
    2) A place outside your neighborhood in case you cannot return after a disaster.
  • Learn about emergency plans for your children's school or day care center.
  • Take a basic first aid and CPR course.
  • Keep family records in a water and fire-proof container.
Vulnerable Population Registry – a program that allows people who would be at risk following a hurricane to register in advance so that emergency workers may plan a better response during a recovery effort. TO REGISTER and for more information: www.broward.org/atrisk. If you do not have access to a computer, call 954-831-4000.
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