Quiz of the day

Could your household find each other when networks fail?

An eight-question check of alerts, contacts, meeting places and backup communication.

20 August · 8 questions · 4 min

Answer for the plan that works today, not the plan you mean to create. The aim is to reveal one useful gap before an emergency makes ordinary communication unreliable.

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1. How would your household receive official local warnings?

We do not know which service to use One person follows a general news or weather source At least one official local alert is enabled Official alerts are enabled and everyone knows a backup source

2. Could you get essential instructions without mobile data or home internet?

No backup has been considered We would try a car radio or ask someone, but it is not planned One working non-internet source is identified A source is identified, accessible to everyone who needs it and has been checked

3. Does everyone know the same out-of-area contact?

No contact has been chosen Someone could be chosen, but not everyone knows who The contact is chosen and stored in phones The contact has agreed and everyone also carries the details on paper

4. What would you send if calls were difficult but a text might go through?

We have not discussed it Each person would improvise We agree to send location and whether help is needed The message format, group and out-of-area relay have been tested

5. Is there a precise nearby meeting place if you must leave separately?

No We would meet somewhere outside One exact place is named The place is named, safe for likely hazards and known to everyone

6. Do you have a second meeting place outside the neighbourhood?

No A possible place has been mentioned The place and normal route are agreed The place, alternative route and transport needs are understood

7. Does the communication plan work for every person in the household?

We have not checked individual needs One need involving age, disability or language is unresolved Needs and primary helpers are identified The plan is accessible and includes a backup helper for each critical need

8. When was the complete plan last checked together?

Never More than a year ago or nobody remembers Within the past year Within six months and after any household change

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