Two of the most useful things a household can do to prepare cost almost nothing and take an afternoon: put the numbers that matter on paper, and pack a bag you could leave with in five minutes. Two new worksheets in the OmniCORE Library help you do both.
Wallet Emergency Contact Card (OMC-WKS-003)
Most of us no longer know anyone’s phone number by heart, and phones fail at the worst moments. The Wallet Emergency Contact Card prints four to a sheet and folds to the size of a bank card. The front holds your key contacts, including out-of-area contacts and your country’s emergency number. The back holds your three meeting points, check-in times, radio channel, and the GREEN / YELLOW / RED status message from the Family Communications Plan. Make one for everyone in the household, children included.
Go-Bag Checklist (OMC-WKS-004)
When you have to leave, you may have five minutes or an hour. The Go-Bag Checklist has three parts:
- A go-bag for each person, packed now, with what they need for about three days, including sections for children, infants and pets.
- Grab lists for 5, 15 and 60 minutes, so nobody has to think under pressure.
- A worksheet showing where everything is kept and who grabs it.
Where to start
Print both. Fill in the cards at the kitchen table, pack one bag this week, and run a five-minute drill. You’ll learn more from one drill than from any list.
Both worksheets build on the OmniCORE Readiness Framework: a contact card for everyone is a Tier 0 step, and a go-bag for each person is part of Tier 1.