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Family Emergency Communication Plans

Natural and man-made disasters can strike at any time. The Director of the Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), Henry Renteria, today urged Californians to develop a family communication plan to use in emergencies.

"No one can predict where their families will be when the next big earthquake rattles California or whether their loved ones will be with them," said Renteria. "Your spouse may be at work and your children away at school or on their way home. That's why it is so important to prepare a family emergency communication plan. Everyone will know whom to call for help and how to safely reunite with each other."

Renteria's remarks come in conjunction with efforts by OES and other agencies involved in the state's "Get Ready!" emergency preparedness campaign to encourage Californians to focus on at least one aspect of preparedness each month.

A family emergency communication plan has two functions: It provides contact information for local emergency providers, and it establishes a plan to reunite loved ones if a catastrophic event separates family members.

Written plans should include the following:

• Call 911 in an emergency
• Name and phone number of family doctor or medical facility
• Poison Control Center: 1-800-222-1222
• Number for local Office of Emergency Services
• Number for local Red Cross (www.redcross.org)
• Names of all household members
• Your address and phone number
• Name and phone number of your designated out-of-town contact
• and Family meeting place outside of the neighborhood.

Additional information on emergency preparedness is available on the OES Get Ready Campaign Web site at www.oes.ca.gov.

To visit the OES website containing this news bulletin as well as previous news bulletins, either click on this link or copy and paste it into the address bar of your browser....http://www.oes.ca.gov/Executive/Public/OES+News+Bulletin.nsf/Web%20News%20Lookup?openview

For more information contact the OES Office of Public Information at 916/845-8400