Make a plan

• Choose an out-of-area contact at least 100 miles away. Local calls may fail when long-distance texts still get through.
• Everyone carries a paper contact card (wallet, backpack, purse). Post a copy on the fridge.
• Text, don't call. Keep messages short.
• Safe-check tools: Facebook Safety Check and the Red Cross Contact Loved Ones page.
• Know how officials will reach you: Get Alerts.

• Know what can happen here: North End hazards.
• Answer four questions: where you'll shelter, where you'd evacuate to, how you'd get there, and how you'll find each other.
• Pick two meeting places: right outside your home (for a fire), and outside the neighborhood (if you can't get back).
• Teach kids to call 911 and how to use your phone. Call if you can, text 911 if you can't.
• Show everyone the utility shutoffs. Check insurance. Keep an ABC extinguisher. Smoke and CO alarms on every level.

• Keep at least half a tank of gas. Stations can't pump without power.
• Pick destinations in different directions.
• North End reality: north of Kingston, Hansville Road NE is the only through road, and from Kingston the routes out are SR 104, the ferry, and county roads south. Often staying put is the safer plan. Read One Road In.
• Tsunami evacuation is on foot, to high ground, right away.
• If you do leave: take your kit, pets, and meds. Leave a note. Tell your out-of-area contact.

• Explain disasters calmly, without scaring them. Practice calling for help and calling the family contact.
• Know your school's or child care's disaster plan, including the North Kitsap School District reunification plan.
• Activities for kids: mil.wa.gov/activities

• Every month: test smoke alarms.
• Every 6 months: review the plan, run an escape drill, rotate food and water.
• Every year: replace batteries.

Get a free family plan template from Washington EMD: mil.wa.gov/plan.