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Teach your children their basic personal
information so they can identify themselves and
get help if they become separated from a parent
or guardian.
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Teach your children to never enter a home or get
into a vehicle without getting your permission
first.
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Consider having your child fingerprinted by a
professional, such as a law enforcement
official.
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Keep a current photo of your child in a
convenient place. If possible, keep an
electronic copy of the photo on a portable
storage device (e.g. thumb drive, flash drive,
etc.).
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Prepare an emergency card with information for
each child, including his/her full name,
address, home phone number, parents’ work and
cell phone numbers and an out-of-state contact’s
phone numbers.
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Know the policies, including emergency plans, of
the child’s school or daycare center. Find out
where children will be taken in the event of an
evacuation during school hours. Make plans to
have someone pick-up your child if you are
unable to get to them.
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Regularly update your child’s school with current
emergency contact information, including persons
authorized to pick-up your child from school.
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Make sure each child knows the family’s alternate
meeting sites in case you are separated during
an emergency or a disaster and cannot return to
your home.
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Teach children to dial their home telephone
number, as well as other important numbers (e.g.
parents’ work and cell phone numbers). Also,
teach them how and when to call 9-1-1.
Role-play a 9-1-1 call with your child.
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Warn children never to touch wires on poles or
those lying on the ground.
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Teach your child what natural gas smells like and
what they should do if they smell it.
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Role-play with children to help them remain calm
in emergencies and to practice basic emergency
responses such as evacuation, shelter-in-place
and stop, drop & roll (for fire).
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Role-play with children as to what they should do
if a parent suddenly becomes sick or injured.
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Include toys, games, a recent family photograph,
and special treats in your
Emergency
Supplies
Kit and in the child’s
Go Bag.
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