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Family plan: Floods
Knowledge is key
 - Ensure that your children know how to swim.
- Establish a safe house for when floods are predicted, and the safest route to get there.
- Teach them to seek out high ground when the water is rising.
- Warn them that even slow-moving water in flood channels can kill grown, trained rescue workers, and are no place for children to play.
- Teach them to stay away from storm drains.
Meet:
- Discuss with your family the types of disasters that could occur.
- Explain to your kids how to prepare and respond to each type of disaster.
- Discuss where to go and what to bring if advised to evacuate.
- Practice what you have discussed.
Plan:
- Pick two meeting places in case you get separated in a disaster.
- A place a safe distance from your home in case of a home fire.
- A place outside your neighborhood in case you can’t return home.
- Choose an out-of-state friend as a “check-in contact” for everyone to call.
Learn:
- Post emergency telephone numbers by every phone.
- Teach children how and when to call 911, local police and fire department, and which radio station to tune to for emergency information.
- Learn first aid and CPR. Contact your local American Red Cross chapter for information and training.
- Teach all family members how and when to turn off gas, electricity, and water.
Aftermath:
• Help your kids cope with disaster
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