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Family Emergency Prep, Month by Month
Small steps to a ready household. Fourteen practical steps, spread out so it never feels like a project: alarms, kits, contacts and a family plan.
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Test smoke and CO alarms
Press the test button on every smoke and carbon monoxide alarm. The US Fire Administration recommends testing monthly.
Preparedness: Winter storm prep
This month's 15-minute task: Check alternative heat sources are safe and carbon monoxide alarms work. Never run a generator indoors.
Preparedness: Winter check
This month's 15-minute task: Check your car kit (blanket, scraper, water, phone charger). Make sure everyone knows how to shut off the water main.
Everything inside
- Test smoke and CO alarms
- Preparedness: Winter storm prep
- Preparedness: Winter check
- Preparedness: Go-bag refresh
- Preparedness: Paperwork
- Clocks change: replace alarm batteries
- Preparedness: Severe weather season
- Preparedness: Contact card
- Preparedness: Hurricane and heat season
- Preparedness: Water
- Preparedness: First aid
- Preparedness: National Preparedness Month
- Preparedness: Fire safety
- Preparedness: Power outage kit
Where this comes from
The book is drawn from Family Ready, a free iPhone app. If you like the format, the app has more.
Family Ready: Emergency PlanFree on the App Store for iPhone
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