Premium Family Emergency Plan

The Premium Family Emergency Plan includes the Basic Plan (the foundational plan applicable for all disasters family might face) in addition to four hazard-specific plans and response checklists, which provide additional detailed information on how your family can prepare and response to extreme heat, wildfires, smoke waves, and flooding (all hazards growing in frequency and intensity). The Premium Family Emergency Plan aims to give the level of detailed, practical guidance needed for your family to stay safe in the face of these unique hazards that are growing in frequency and intensity.

Core Plan Features:

• Purpose and Scope: Clear objectives and boundaries for your family's emergency response

• Key Assumptions: Critical planning factors based on your family's unique circumstances

• Roles and Responsibilities: Defined tasks for each family member during emergencies

• Concept of Operations: Step-by-step procedures for different emergency scenarios

• Communications Plan: Strategies to stay connected when normal methods fail

• Resource Inventory: Customized checklists for essential supplies:

  • Shelter-in-place necessities

  • Evacuation essentials

  • Outside home emergency kits

• Evacuation Template: Fill-in sections for meeting locations, routes, and contact information

• Response Checklist: Quick-reference action items for immediate emergency response

Hazard-Specific Annexes:

1. Heat Emergency Annex

Detailed protocols for extreme heat events, including:

• Early warning signs of heat-related illness

• Home cooling strategies without electricity

• Vulnerable family member considerations

• Advice on how to identify community cooling resource locations specific to your area

2. Wildfire Annex

Customized wildfire preparation and response, featuring:

• Property preparation checklist

• Rapid evacuation procedures with evacuation route templates

• Post-wildfire safety considerations

3. Smoke Exposure Annex

Comprehensive smoke mitigation strategies, including:

• Measuring air quality considerations and advice

• Indoor air quality protection measures

• Respiratory health protection for different age groups

• Home sealing techniques

• Safe outdoor activity guidelines during poor air quality events

5. Flooding Annex

Tailored flood preparation and response, including:

• Property protection measures

• Template for local flood zone information specific to your location

• Evacuation timing guidance

• Post-flood safety and recovery considerations

Each annex is meticulously customized to your family's specific needs, home layout, and geographic vulnerabilities, with fillable templates for documenting critical personal information. Our plans strike the perfect balance between comprehensive preparation and practical usability during high-stress situations.

Delivered as a downloadable PDF that can be printed for multiple locations—your go-bag, vehicle, work bag, school bag, and home emergency kit—this plan package equips your family with professional-grade emergency preparation drawn from decades of real-world disaster management experience. Having these plans readily accessible wherever you might be when disaster strikes provides crucial peace of mind and potentially life-saving guidance.