CHECK LIST FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES

For emergencies that do not require immediate evacuation

1. Save your own life and that of your family first.
2. Provide first aid to your family if necessary
3. Families should gather in a safe, pre-designated area, to assess the physical and emotional needs of each family member.
4. As soon as possible contact your block captain either by phone (if working) or by going to the block captain’s home in person.  Report on the medical property, and physical conditions and of yourself and/or family, whether they are okay, hurt mildly, needing immediate first aid, dead, or missing.  Before leaving your home hang the appropriate 8 ½ x 11 card on your home, as close to the front door as possible or where the front door was:
5. Green – “All is well!”
6. Yellow – “We need help but it is not critical”
7. Red – “We need immediate help or critical care”
8. Black – “There is a deceased person(s) here”
9. White – “This home is vacant or nobody home”

• The black card should be used in conjunction with any of the other four cards, depending on the situation.

1. After you have reported to your block captain, all able bodied men and women over the age of 12 (not caring for small children, hurt household members, elderly, or handicapped) should report to the EOC – Emergency Operations Center (located where your neighborhood has designated) for area wide assignments.  At the EOC – a first aid station will be set up to assist people within the area to treat non-critical first aid emergencies and other emergency needs.
2. If you have a critical or life-threatening injury, report to your block captain and then go directly to the local hospital for treatment.  A critical care station for more extensive injuries may be set up if the hospital is not available.  Your block captain should be informed on where to get the best treatment.
3. If you are trapped in your home, stay put until your block captain or a search and rescue team comes to check on you or assist you.  Your block captain will not try to get you out but will inform local search and rescue teams about you, so be specific about describing your situation.
4. If your area is required to evacuate, make sure all living household members evacuate together with members of your block and possibly area.  If your situation becomes dangerous waiting for block members who do not report, leave without them, BUT leave a note telling where you are going.
5. If you are asked to “shelter in place”, stay in your home for the amount of time the local authorities deem is necessary.  Your block captain should know how long this is.  If you have a Family Service Radio you can turn to channel _____ every night at 6:00 p.m. for information from the EOC – emergency operations center.  (Your EOC will determine the channel.)
6. If the emergency is a nuclear incident, wait in your shelter or home 14 days after the last explosion before starting this check list.

The EOC – Emergency Operations Center will be located wherever your neighborhood decides.

The alternate EOC is located at a separate place in case the first location is uninhabitable.