Always Vigilant – Family Emergency Planning & Reunification Handbook | Volume 2 – English Version

Emergencies rarely happen when everyone is safely together at home.

What happens if disaster strikes while one parent is at work, the children are at school, another family member is across town, and normal communications begin to fail?

The Always Vigilant Family Emergency Planning & Reunification Handbook is designed to help families answer that question before the emergency happens.

This 40-page digital handbook provides a practical system for staying connected, making safe decisions, and reuniting family members when normal routines are disrupted.

Inside, you will learn how to:

• Build a Family PACE Communications Plan using Primary, Alternate, Contingency, and Emergency methods
• Establish multiple family reunification locations
• Identify appropriate safe havens
• Develop safer get-home routes and alternate routes
• Create individual Get-Home Kits
• Prepare for communications outages and loss of cellular service
• Use radios, satellite communications, paper maps, compasses, and backup power
• Plan for children at school or daycare
• Account for older adults, disabilities, medical needs, pets, and service animals
• Protect important documents and emergency information
• Know when not to attempt to return home
• Conduct family drills and improve the plan over time

Includes a Full Printable Family Planning Workbook

The handbook contains expanded, full-page worksheets designed to be printed and completed by your household, including:

• Household Information
• Family PACE Communications Worksheet
• Reunification Locations
• Safe-Haven Planning
• Get-Home Route Planning
• Personal Get-Home Kit Checklist
• School & Daycare Reunification
• Family Responsibilities Matrix
• Medical & Access Needs
• Communications Equipment Record
• Family Drill & Review Log
• Printable Family Emergency Cards

Equipment Resource Directory

The handbook also includes a practical equipment section covering examples of:

FRS and GMRS radios • programmable radios • NOAA emergency receivers • satellite communicators • power banks • Faraday protection • navigation equipment • lighting • signaling equipment • get-home supplies

It also explains the types of retailers and suppliers where this equipment may be found.

The Always Vigilant Principle

STAY SAFE → COMMUNICATE → ASSESS → MOVE ONLY WHEN SAFE → REUNITE → ACCOUNT FOR EVERYONE

The objective is not simply to get home as fast as possible.

The objective is to keep your family safe, maintain communication, make informed decisions, and reunite when conditions allow.