Thursday, January 17, 2013

How To Create a Shareable Family Emergency Plan



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Coalition members:

As part of the Resolve to be Ready in 2013 initiative, one of our goals is to help you prepare as effectively and efficiently as possible. We continue our technology tips this week with our new Family Emergency Plan.

If you enjoy these preparedness tips leveraging technology, be on the lookout for tip #3 and #4!

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Resolve to be Ready in 2013: Technology Tip #2

Want to easily create and more importantly, share an Emergency Information Document? Try Ready's new Family Emergency Plan template in Google Docs (use Google Chrome to view).

Note: if you are unable to access this Google doc, you can also download and print out the Ready Family Emergency Plan.

How To Make a SharEable preparedness plan Using Google Docs

Excited to try out the new Family Emergency Plan template above? Here's a quick how-to.

Step 1: Click on the Family Emergency Plan template link. You will go to a new page that says Now Leaving Ready.gov. Proceed.

Step 2: On the next page, look for the button that says Use this template and proceed.

Step 3: You will see three tabs: Data Entry Instructions, Family Emergency Plan Pg 1, and Family Emergency Plan Pg 2. Go through each tab and carefully read and fill out.

Step 4: Once you have filled out the information, on the top right of the page, click on the blue Share button. You can share your new emergency plan with your friends and family, and select if they can edit the doc or simply view.

Step 5: Finally, let us know how this worked for you or if you have any questions. Join in the discussion here.

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