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Create A Plan To Get Away., Create A Plan To Shelter-In-Place., Plan in Advance How You Will Assemble Your Family and Anticipate Where You Will Go. Choose Several Destinations in Different Directions So You Have Options in an Emergency. If You Have A Car, Keep at Least A Half Tank of Gas in It at All Times. Become Familiar With Alternate Routes As Well As Other Means of Transportation Out of Your Area. If You Do Rot Have A Car, Plan How You Will Leave If You Have To. Take Your Emergency Supply Kit, Unless You Have Reason To Believe It Is Contaminated and Lock the Door Behind You. Take Pets With You If You Are Told To Evacuate, However, If You Are Going To A Public Shelter, Keep in Mind They May Not Be Allowed Inside. If You Believe the Air May Be Contaminated, Drive With Your Windows and Vents Closed and Keep the Air Conditioning and Heater Turned Off. Listen To the Radio for Instructions., Know Emergency Plans at School and Work., Think About the Places Where Your Family Spends Time: School, Work and Other Places Your Family Frequents. Talk To Your Children's Schools and Your Employer About Emergency Plans. Find Out How They Will Communicate With Families During an Emergency. If You Are an Employer, Be Sure You Have an Emergency Preparedness Plan. Review and Practice It With Your Employees. A Community Working Together During an Emergency Also Makes Sense. Talk To Your Neighbors About How You Can Work Together., 3 Be Informed About What Might Happen., Be Prepared To Adapt This Information To Your Personal Circumstances and Make Every Effort To Follow Instructions Received From Authorities On the Scene. With These Simple Preparations, You Can Be Ready for the Unexpected. Get Ready Now., 4 Get Involved in Preparing Your Community, After Preparing Yourself and Your Family for Possible Emergencies, Take the Next Step and Get Involved in Preparing Your Community. Join Citizen Corps, Which Actively Involves Citizens in Making Our Communities and Our Nation Safer, Stronger and Better Prepared. We All Have A Role To Play in Keeping Our Hometowns Secure From Emergencies of All Kinds. Citizen Corps Works Hard To Help People Prepare, Train and Volunteer in Their Communities., U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Ready.Gov U.S. Department of Homeland Security.Less