Medication is the single category families most often get wrong under evacuation pressure — not because they don’t care, but because it’s the most complex to manage and the easiest to leave half-done.

This cheat sheet fixes that in one focused reference. It covers every medication logistics problem a suburban parent is likely to face: tracking refill dates and days left, knowing which medications can be substituted and which can’t, managing cold-storage requirements, keeping pharmacy and prescriber contacts ready, and making sure the right adult has consent to request refills on the road.

Unlike a general evacuation checklist, this goes deep on one category only — because medication is the gap that causes the biggest problems when it’s missed, and the one most people intend to sort out “later.”

Use it alongside the Family Evacuation Bag Kit, or on its own if medication is the gap you know you need to close first.