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Family communication planning

Prepare contacts, roles and a temporary refuge before an emergency.

  1. 1

    Know local risks

    Discuss the risks where you live with everyone in the household, including children.

  2. 2

    Prepare a contact list

    Keep family and emergency numbers ready, together with essential personal and health information.

  3. 3

    Choose an out-of-area contact

    Choose a person outside your locality whom everyone can contact if the household is separated.

  4. 4

    Agree roles and a refuge

    Plan each person’s tasks and identify somewhere to stay temporarily. Consider roads and bridges that could become impassable.

  5. 5

    Check school and workplace plans

    Learn school and workplace emergency procedures. Give the school your contact and an alternate adult’s contact.

  6. 6

    In this app: save and print

    Record agreed contacts and instructions in Family and keep a printed copy. App-specific action.

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Based on official Italian national, regional and municipal guidance. Follow your local authorities and municipal Civil Protection plan. Outside Italy, check the applicable local guidance. Flood-specific instructions apply to flooding, not every outage.
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