Stay In Contact

Know how to inform family, friends, and caregivers of your well-being and whereabouts if your family is not together when a disaster strikes.

Send text messages to your family, friends, and out-of-town contact. In many cases, text messages will go through when a phone call may not.
Update your social media statuses and feeds with information about your location and well-being after an emergency.
Limit your phone calls to only critical communications so you conserve battery life and keep the lines open for emergency communications.

Record an outgoing voicemail greeting that includes information on your whereabouts and well-being.
Go to the appropriate emergency meeting place listed in your Emergency Action Plan.
Conserve your battery by reducing the screen’s brightness and closing apps you are not using.
Microchip your pets with up-to-date contact information for you and an emergency contact. Microchips are, in general, inexpensive and can improve your odds of being reunited if separated in an emergency.
Check in on the American Red Cross Safe & Well website.