Personal Preparedness Checklist

Before an Emergency:

• Know your location and evacuation routes.
• Know where fire extinguishers, emergency exits, emergency telephones and pull alarms are for your area.
• Know where the First Aid Kit is located.
• Keep 281.290.5911 handy - the telephone number for Campus Emergencies. Program the number into your cell phone.
• Follow instructions given to you from a trusted faculty, staff, or law enforcement representative.
• Keep identification on you at all times.
• If you do not speak English, prepare an emergency card with your name, addresses, and information about medicines and allergies. Keep on you at all times.
• Remember the details of an event.
• Learn where the emergency campus assembly area is located.
• Learn first aid and CPR.

After an Emergency:

• Notify your relatives that you are safe, but do not tie up telephone lines that may be needed for emergency calls.
• Use caution in entering a damaged building.
• Move to a safe and secure place once it is safe to do so.
• Stay away from damaged electrical wires and wet equipment.
• Monitor local television and computer displays and listen for alerts.
• Check food and water supplies for contamination before consuming.
• Check the web at LoneStar.edu for updated information.
• Stay calm and take time to think. Give assistance where needed.
• If ordered to evacuate, take your emergency kit, personal belongings (if possible), and follow official directions to a safe place.
• Use telephones for emergency calls only.