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Family emergency plan and wallet card

Fill this in, print it, and you'll have a wallet card for each person and a plan for the refrigerator door. Your family may not be together when something happens, so write down how you'll reconnect. Nothing you type leaves this browser.

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Who's at home?

Adults
2
Children
0

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Family members

One wallet card prints for each person.

Emergency contacts

The first two go on the wallet card. Make one of them someone out of town.

Meeting places

Ready.gov suggests a place that's familiar and easy to find.

Your plan

Ready.gov's questions for every household.

Home

Schools, childcare and work

Their emergency line, and who picks up whom.

Health

Utilities

Find these now. If you turn the gas off, only a qualified professional can turn it back on. Never do it yourself.

Wallet cards

Cut along the dashes, fold down the middle, and keep it with your cards or phone. One for each person.

Emergency card

Name

In an emergency, contact

We meet at

Allergies, conditions, medicines

Doctor

Useful numbers

  • Emergency 911
  • Poison Help 1-800-222-1222

Emergency card

Name

In an emergency, contact

We meet at

Allergies, conditions, medicines

Doctor

Useful numbers

  • Emergency 911
  • Poison Help 1-800-222-1222

Emergency card

Name

In an emergency, contact

We meet at

Allergies, conditions, medicines

Doctor

Useful numbers

  • Emergency 911
  • Poison Help 1-800-222-1222

Emergency card

Name

In an emergency, contact

We meet at

Allergies, conditions, medicines

Doctor

Useful numbers

  • Emergency 911
  • Poison Help 1-800-222-1222

Family emergency plan

Written on _______________. Keep this somewhere easy to find in the dark, and go over it together.

Useful numbers

  • Emergency 911
  • Poison Help 1-800-222-1222

In an emergency

Call 911 if someone is in danger. Otherwise text first: a text may get through when a call won't. Tell your out-of-town contact where you are.

Family members

NameCellAllergies, conditions, medicines

Emergency contacts

NameWho they arePhone

Meeting places

Near home

Out of the neighborhood

Your plan

How we get emergency alerts

Where we shelter

Our evacuation route

Where our emergency kit is

Home

Home address

Home phone

Schools, childcare and work

PlaceEmergency linePick-up plan

Health

Doctor and phone

Pediatrician and phone

Pharmacy and phone

Medical insurance and policy number

Assistive devices: make, model, supplier

Veterinarian and phone

Utilities

Find these now. If you turn the gas off, only a qualified professional can turn it back on. Never do it yourself.

Power company outage line

Gas company emergency line

Water utility emergency line

Main water shutoff is at

Gas shutoff valve is at

Electrical panel is at

Based on Ready.gov's family emergency plan advice. Checked 2 November 2026.

From preppantry.app. Checked 2 November 2026. Independent tool, not official advice.

How it works

The plan follows Ready.gov's questions for every household: how you'd get emergency alerts, where you'd shelter, your evacuation route, how you'd reach each other, and where your kit is. It also holds contacts, meeting places, schools, medical details and utilities.

The card fits a wallet, at about 85 by 54 mm once folded. It carries each person's name, two people to call, your meeting places, any medical notes, your doctor and two national numbers: 911 and Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222. We leave your address off it.

Ready.gov's communication plan suggests one out-of-town contact for the whole family, a meeting place near home, and one out of the neighborhood. It also says a text may get through when a phone call won't.

Power, gas and water lines depend on your utility, so write those in yourself. If you smell gas, Ready.gov says to get everyone out and call the gas company from a neighbor's home.

Privacy: what you type stays on this page. It isn't sent to us or to anyone, and we never put it in the page's address, so you can't share it by accident with a link. It's gone when you close the page, unless you check the box to remember it on this device. The Forget these details button clears it at any time.

Common questions

What should a family emergency plan include?

Ready.gov asks how you'd get alerts, where you'd shelter, your evacuation route, how you'd reach each other, and whether your kit is up to date. Add contacts, meeting places, and medical needs for each person.

What should be on an emergency contact card?

Each person's name, two contacts, meeting places, any allergies, conditions or medicines someone treating them should know about, and key numbers. Ready.gov suggests each household member carries a copy.

Why have an out-of-town contact?

Ready.gov's communication plan suggests one person out of town for the whole family, who may be easier to reach in a disaster. Everyone can check in with them.

What's ICE on a phone?

It stands for In Case of Emergency. Ready.gov suggests storing at least one emergency contact under that name in every phone, so someone helping you can find them.

Do you store what I type?

No. It stays on the page and is gone when you close it. If you check Remember my details, it's stored in this browser only, and the Forget these details button removes it.

How often should we go over the plan?

Ready.gov says to hold regular household meetings to review and practice it. Update it when phone numbers, schools or jobs change.

Sources

Checked on 2 November 2026. This is an independent tool and not official advice. See sources and method.

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