If you or someone in your household has a disability:

• Build a support network of two or three neighbors, friends, or family who can check on you during storms or outages, and share your needs and a spare key with them.
• Plan for power loss if you rely on electric equipment like oxygen concentrators, power wheelchairs, CPAP machines, or refrigerated medication. Keep backup batteries or a portable power station charged, and ask your utility about a medical baseline or priority-restoration program.
• Stock extra medications and supplies (at least a week’s worth), plus copies of prescriptions, a list of your conditions and doctors, and extra hearing aid or device batteries.
• Make your evacuation plan accessible: know which routes and shelters are wheelchair-accessible, arrange transportation ahead of time if you don’t drive, and register with your local emergency management office’s special needs or access and functional needs registry if one exists.
• Choose alerts that work for you, such as text or vibrating alerts for Deaf and hard-of-hearing people, or voice alerts for those who are blind or low vision.
• Include service animals in your kit with food, water, medication, and vet records.
• Keep mobility aids near your bed and label equipment with your name and instructions for use in case you’re separated from it.

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