• Designate an out-of-area or out-of-state contact person who is unlikely to be affected by the same disaster. Instruct family members inside the affected area to contact this person with their status following a disaster. This person will act as a liaison between the family members affected by the disaster and others who need to be informed of your family’s status.
• Keep at least one standard fixed telephone in your home; portable phones rely on electrical power and will not work during a long power outage.
• Display emergency numbers beside each telephone.
• Learn how to use your mobile phone’s text messaging feature. Text messaging uses a different part of the cell network and it might be possible to send and receive text messages when voice channels for mobile phones and land lines are jammed.
• Identify two meeting places:
  • A location in the neighborhood in case of a house fire.
  • A location away from the neighborhood in case of evacuation. It may be that not all the family is together when a disaster occurs. Ask yourself: “where, away from home, will you meet up?” Decide at what specific church, grocery store, family or friend’s house across town, etc. you will meet.

Emergency Updates and Information

Before, during and after an event, listen for updates on the local radio stations listed below. Incident information may also be heard on the hotline phone number.

• 99.7FM KMBQ Valley Radio
• 100.9FM KAYO Country Legends
• 88.9 FM KTNA Talkeetna Radio
• Mat-Su Borough Incident Information Hotline 907-761-3700.