Talk with your family about potential disasters and why it's important to prepare for them. Involve each member of your family in the planning. By showing them simple steps that can increase their safety, you can help reduce their anxiety about emergencies.
Make sure everyone knows where to find your emergency supply kit
Plan where to meet after a disaster if your home becomes unsafe. Choose two places, one just outside your home and one outside your neighborhood in case you are told to evacuate.
Make sure each member knows who your family's out-of-state contact is and instruct them to call this person and tell him/her where they are.
Be sure your automobiles' gas tanks are always at least half full
Determine the best escape routes from your home. Try to identify two escape routes.
Locate the gas main and other utilities and make sure family members know when and how to turn them off.
Practice your evacuation routes, 'Drop, Cover & Hold' and 'Stop, Drop & Roll' drills
Teach each member of your family how to use a fire extinguisher
Create emergency response cards for each of your family members
Today at the University
Saturday November 07, 2009
- The University is operating on a normal schedule.
- Classes and events are taking place as scheduled.
- View the UNL Events Calendar
In an emergency
During an emergency situation involving the campus, UNL's main Web site may convert to a low bandwidth version, free of the majority of graphics to ease transmission and server load. The emergency Web site will be a primary mode of communication, to be continually updated.
The UNL Emergency Site is located at http://emergency.unl.edu
During an emergency, our goal is to communicate first with those most immediately impacted; people who need to evacuate or seek medical treatment.
University Communications leads the communications response during and after emergencies, factually assessing each situation, developing the communications response, and assembling a crisis communications team. The goal is to provide accurate and timely information to minimize rumors and restore order and confidence.
During an emergency, the UNL community and general public may receive information through the Web, e-mail, telephone, and the media.
News information about current or recent emergencies on campus and updates on the University's emergency management activities. Members of the media (link to media emergency contact site) can find information 24/7. Up-to-date university information is provided at UNL Today.
