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Vehicle Emergency Preparedness
Prepare for breakdowns, crashes, long traffic delays, winter stranding, extreme heat, flooding, fire, dead batteries, and loss of navigation or cellular service.
First actions
If this is happening now.
Slow down enough to identify the hazard, then protect life before property.
- 01
Protect the scene: stop as far from traffic as possible, use hazard lights, and stay behind a barrier when one is available.
- 02
Call emergency services for injuries, fire, traffic danger, floodwater, downed power lines, or an unsafe location.
- 03
Send your exact location, vehicle description, passenger status, and direction of travel to a trusted contact.
- 04
Stay with the vehicle in remote or severe-weather conditions unless remaining creates a greater immediate danger.
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Stranded Vehicle Response Playbook
A printable decision tool for traffic exposure, communications, winter, heat, flooding, fire, EV hazards, signaling, towing, and recovery.
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