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Store original documents in a safety deposit box and keep copies of the documents in a water/fire resistant portable container in your home. The proper documentation will assist you in the recovery process after a major disaster.

• Birth, death and marriage certificates
• Citizenship papers
• Credit cards
• Driver’s License
• Government ID
• Income tax records
• Insurance policies
• List of prescriptions, including the phone numbers of your doctor(s) and pharmacy
• Military discharge
• Mortgage papers
• Passports
• Pets local licenses, microchip numbers, medical records
• Social Security
• Medicare cards
• Stocks and bonds
• Titles to deeds
• Wills

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

American Red Cross
Emergency Contact Cards
http://www.redcross.org/prepare/ECCard.pdf

Department of Homeland Security
Family Emergency Plan
http://www.ready.gov/america/_downloads/familyemergencyplan.pdf

Household and Personal Property Inventory Book
http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/pdf_pubs/houseinv.pdf