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Be able to shut down your home within five minutes

• Natural gas. Most gas valves are located outside and require a wrench for shutoff. Obtain shutoff instructions and keep them, a proper wrench, and a flashlight in your emergency container.

• Water. During as disaster, well water or municipal water may become contaminated. To prevent accidentally using the water, locate the main water shutoff valve, usually located in the basement, and know how to use it.

• Electricity. In a flood, electrical outlets may become a danger to both your family and rescue workers. Locate the main circuit panel and know how to shut off the main circuit breaker. If there is already water around the panel, do not touch it with your hands, trip the breaker with an insulated screw driver.

Family Communications Plan

Insure each family member has emergency contact numbers on their cell phones, and written on cards in their wallets.

Family Evacuation Plan

Insure each family member knows a neighborhood, local, and out of town meeting place where they are to go in case of family separation. Have address and phone numbers of such places written on cards in their wallets.

Weapons

Having firearms available for defense is a personal choice. However, remember that there will be bands of bad people roaming the streets and they WILL have firearms. In disasters where their survival is at risk, even normally non-aggressive people will kill for food or shelter.

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