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Be ready, stay safe Emergency preparedness guide

Strong winds and dry heat can cause an emergency, like a wildfire. PG&E may shut off the power to keep you and your family safe.

Be ready for an emergency

Create an emergency plan and practice it with your family.

Find two safe ways to get outside and make sure your family can use them. If you live upstairs

or in a building, look for marked exits.

Agree on a safe meeting place away from your home and how you will get there with your family.

Don’t forget your pets! They need your help. Practice your emergency plan with them.

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1. Find all the ways to get __________ your home.

2. Some ___________ can cause an emergency.

3. Don’t forget your ________ in your emergency plan.

6. Stay away from areas that are ____________.

8. If you live upstairs, look for marked _________.

Across: 3. practice; 4. two; 5. safe; 7. fire; 9. ground; 10. meet; 11. ready Down: 1. outside; 2. weather; 3. pets; 6. flooded; 8. exits

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3. ___________ your emergency plan often.

4. Your plan should include _________ meeting places.

5. Being prepared will help you stay _________.

7. Hot, dry winds can help spread a _______.

9. Leave the area and call 911 if you see a power line on the _______________.

10. Make sure your family knows where to _________.

11. Having a plan will help you be ________.

Solve the maze to get to your safe meeting places. Stay away from flooded areas and fallen trees. If you see a power line on the ground, don’t touch it. Leave the area and ask an adult to call 911 and PG&E.

Always know where to go

Emergency preparedness crossword puzzle

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Meeting location 1

Meeting location 2

Get all the supplies your family will need and make an emergency kit. Put it where you can find it quickly and easily. Unscramble each word to learn more.

Do you have what you need?

Forks, spoons and can openers

Flashlights

Batteries

Water

Phone chargers

Radio

First aid kit

Medication

Clothes and blankets

Toothbrushes and soap

Fun toys, books and games

You can be prepared by making an emergency __________. IKT.

Get all the _________________ your family and pets will need. UPSIPLES

Make sure you have enough food and water for a ___________. KEWE

Put the kit in a place you can find it _____________and______________. KCYLUQI YSALEI

Ask an _____________ to add important photos, papers, medicine and money. DTAUL

Keep your kit in a place that’s safe, ______ and easy to___________. YRD ECRHA

Draw your supplies in the waterproof box to make a kit.

Let’s make your kit!

Find your suppliesCircle the number of items in the picture above to get your kit ready.

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There are many things your family can do to make your home ready for an emergency. Read each sentence and draw a line to the matching picture.

Get your house ready

Make sure your family knows how to shut off the gas.

Your family should know how to open the garage door if the power goes out.

Have smoke alarms in your home and change the batteries at least once a year.

If you have a generator or backup battery for power, be sure it is set up outside and clear of weeds and brush.

Make sure you know where to find your fire extinguishers and how to use them.

Visit pge.com/alerts to get information about wildfire preparedness and safety.

Today I learned…

Cut out the cards below to make a fun memory game for your emergency kit.

Test your memory

Complete each sentence or draw a picture to show what you learned about being prepared.

What have you learned?

My family is prepared for an emergency because…

My home is ready for an emergency because…

We have checked these things:

Do we have all the supplies we need in our emergency kit?

Family emergency planThese are the safe ways to get outside my home:

My family will meet at:

If we can’t get there, we will meet at:

My family will practice this plan with our pets

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How to turn off the gas and electricity

How to open the garage door without power

How to use our fire extinguishers

How to set up our back-up power safely

The batteries on our smoke alarms

Create your emergency plan

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