{"id":874,"date":"2016-11-22T18:24:23","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T02:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/police\/?page_id=874"},"modified":"2017-03-28T13:29:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T20:29:21","slug":"make-a-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/police\/make-a-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Make A Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Do you know what your family would do in an emergency?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\" style=\"color: #37424a;text-indent: 0px;letter-spacing: normal;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;background-color: #ffffff\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>You may not be together when disaster strikes so it&#8217;s important that everyone create a family communications plan, in advance, so you&#8217;ll know how to contact one another.<\/p>\n<h3>Here are some steps to help get you started:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Develop a communications plan<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Things to consider:\n<ul>\n<li>How will you contact one another?<\/li>\n<li>How will you let family know that you&#8217;re somewhere safe?<\/li>\n<li>Identify someone to alert in the event that a pet is at home alone while your away<\/li>\n<li>Understand that certain communication networks may not be available during a disaster (IE: electrical lines may be down; cellphones and computers may not be fully charged).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Create a phone tree or text message group with immediate family members<\/li>\n<li>Have everyone in the family sign up for emergency alerts in your area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Document contact information<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Collect phone numbers and emails for out-of-town relatives, doctors, vets, schools and employers<\/li>\n<li>Identify the addresses and phone numbers of area shelters, hotels and other safe locations<\/li>\n<li>Make sure all family members have copies of contact information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Plan an evacuation route<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Chose two places to meet:\n<ul>\n<li>Right outside of your home, in case of a sudden emergency, such as a fire. It&#8217;s best to know two ways out of your home.<\/li>\n<li>A common meeting place outside of your neighborhood, such as a library or community center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Identify the routes to leave your area in the event of an evacuation<\/li>\n<li>Call hotels along your route to determine if they are pet-friendly<\/li>\n<li>Consider those with disabilities and make sure meeting places are accessible for all<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Practice your plan<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Safely play out scenarios, just like you would a fire drill<\/li>\n<li>Identify a household leader who can make last-minute decisions<\/li>\n<li>Make sure everyone, including children, understands how to call 9-1-1 and what situations warrant a 9-1-1 call (life-threatening emergencies only)<\/li>\n<li>Update and adjust your plan as necessary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know what your family would do in an emergency? You may not be together when disaster strikes so it&#8217;s important that everyone create a family communications plan, in advance, so you&#8217;ll know how to contact one another. Here are some steps to help get you started: Develop a communications plan Things to consider:&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/police\/make-a-plan\/\">Continue Reading<span> Make A Plan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10107,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-874","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6Sp7b-e6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1180,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/874\/revisions\/1180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}