New Year’ s preparedness resolutions
As you embark on the New Year and set your resolutions, be sure not to overlook incorporating preparedness into your New Year ' s goals.
The following list provides essential emergency preparedness tips for individuals and families to ensure readiness for potential disasters and emergencies. These recommendations will help your preparedness activities for 2026.
Make a resolution
• Make an emergency plan: choose a safe place to meet family or friends you intend to weather the storm with, learn evacuation routes in your area and establish a list of out-of-town contacts you want to get in touch with after the storm passes.
• Take a current photo of you and your pet together in case you get separated during a disaster.
• Get to know your neighbors and invite them to be a part of your emergency plan.
• Snap photos of important documents and save them in a secure place or online.
The following Hurricane and Emergency Preparedness Quick Guide can give you a great start to your preparedness plan.
• Have back-up power sources available to charge devices in case of a power outage.
• Snap pictures of your property for insurance purposes.
• Check your insurance for coverage on disasters like floods, hurricanes and earthquakes.
• Sign up for alerts and warnings. Download the FEMA app to get real-time alerts, safety tips and locate open shelters.
• Save for a rainy day! Start and grow your emergency fund.
• Financially prepare for the New Year. Find out how with the Emergency Financial First Aid Kit.
• Set up group text lists so you can communicate with friends and family during emergencies.
• Take a class in CPR and first aid.
• Keep and update emergency supplies; remember to include cash.
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