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Everyone in your MAKE A HOUSEHOLD DISASTER PLAN

Develop and practice a disaster plan with


ASSEMBLE AN EMERGENCY SUPPLY KIT
Keep enough supplies in your home to
EMERGENCY REFERENCE CARD
Use this card to record details of your
home should work your household members to prepare for what
to do, how to find each other, and how to
survive for at least three days. Store these
materials in an easily accessible container
personal disaster plan. Every member of
your household should have one.
together to make communicate in an emergency. or cupboard, and update them twice a year
at daylight-saving times. Suggested items Name:

an emergency Decide where your household members will


reunite after a disaster. Identify two places
are available online or at your local grocery,
drug, or army supply store. Suggested items
plan, gather to meet: one near your home and another
outside your immediate neighborhood.
include:
Local Meeting Place:

supplies, and Practice using all possible exit routes from


your home and neighborhood.
One gallon of drinking water per person per
day

understand the
Meeting Place Outside of Your Neighborhood:
Nonperishable, ready-to-eat canned foods
Designate an out-of-state friend or relative
and manual can opener
hazards they may who household members can call if separated
during a disaster. If New York City phone First aid kit

face.
Work/School/Other Evacuation Locations:
circuits are busy, long-distance calls may be
Flashlight
easier to make. This out-of-state contact can
help you communicate with others. Battery-operated AM/FM radio and extra
batteries
Plan for everybody’s needs, especially Work/School/Other Contact:
seniors, non-English-speakers, people with Whistle
disabilities, children, and pets. Iodine tablets or one quart of unscented Out-of-State Contact:
Buy the right insurance. If you rent your bleach (for disinfecting water ONLY if
home, renter’s insurance will insure the directed to do so by health officials) and
items inside your apartment. If you are a eyedropper (for adding bleach to water) Homeowner’s/Renter’s Insurance:

homeowner, make sure your home is properly Phone that does not require electricity
insured — flood and wind damage are not Doctor Names & Numbers:
covered in a basic homeowner’s policy.
KNOW THE HAZARDS PUT TOGETHER A GO BAG
READY NEW YORK
THIS GUIDE IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE LANGUAGES BELOW.
Arabic
Knowing the hazards that may affect New Every household member should put together .‫ للحصول عىل نسخ باللغة العربية من هذا الدليل‬NYC.gov/readyny ‫زُر‬
York City — from hurricanes to house fires — a Go Bag — a collection of items you can use in
Bengali
PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES
can help you stay safe in an emergency. Visit the event of an evacuation. Each Go Bag should ইংলিশ-এ এই নির্দেশিকাটির কপির জন্য 311-এ ফ�োন করুন বা NYC.gov/readyny দেখুন।
NYC.gov/hazards to learn about these be sturdy, lightweight, and portable, such as a Chinese
hazards. backpack. Suggested items include: 請撥打311或訪問NYC.gov/readyny,獲得本指南的中文版本。

Copies of your important documents in a English


911: EMERGENCIES Call 311 or visit NYC.gov/readyny for copies of this guide in English.
waterproof and portable container (insurance
French
Call 911 when you are in immediate danger cards, birth certificates, deeds, photo IDs, etc.) Visitez NYC.gov/readyny pour obtenir des exemplaires de ce guide en français.
or witness a crime in progress.
Extra sets of car and house keys Haitian Creole
Call 911 if you have a serious injury or life- Ale nan sitwèb NYC.gov/readyny pou jwenn kopi gid sa a nan lang Kreyòl Ayisyen.
threatening medical condition. Copies of credit and ATM cards and cash Italian
Visita il sito NYC.gov/readyny per ricevere una copia di questa guida in italiano.
Bottled water and nonperishable food like
311: NON-EMERGENCIES Korean
energy or granola bars 한국어로 된 안내서 사본은 NYC.gov/readyny를 방문하십시오.
Call 311 when you need access to non-
Flashlight Polish
emergency services or information about Kopia w języku polskim jest opublikowana pod adresem NYC.gov/readyny.
City government programs. Battery-operated AM/FM radio and extra Russian
batteries Позвоните по номеру 311 или посетите сайт NYC.gov/readyny, чтобы получить эту
брошюру на русском языке.
GET INFORMED
List of the medications and dosages household Spanish
OEM on Facebook and Twitter members take, or copies of all your prescription Llame al 311 o visite NYC.gov/readyny para obtener acceso a este folleto en español.

www.facebook.com/NYCemergencymanagement slips with doctors’ names and phone numbers Urdu


@nycoem ‫ مالحظہ کریں۔‬NYC.gov/readyny �‫اس رہنما پر چ� یک پکا� اردو زبان یم� حاصل کر ن� ےک یل‬
First aid kit
Yiddish
NOTIFY NYC Child care, pet care, and other special items .‫ פאר קאפיס פון דעם פאפיר אין אידיש‬NYC.gov/readyny ‫באזוכט‬

Register for emergency notifications by Lightweight raingear and Mylar blanket

2014 Edition
visiting NYC.gov/notifynyc, calling 311, or
Contact and meeting place information for your
following @NotifyNYC on Twitter
household, and a small regional map Office of Emergency Management
Bill de Blasio, Mayor

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