How to Set Up a Family Emergency
Plan Using Raksha
Most families never actually agree on what to do in an emergency until they're in one. A ten-minute setup now means everyone knows exactly what happens if something goes wrong — no confusion, no wasted minutes.
Last updated: July 2026 · 7 min read
Build the Plan in Five Steps
Get everyone into one family circle
Every family member's phone connected in Raksha — this is the foundation everything else builds on.
Set up SOS so it reaches everyone at once
When SOS is triggered, the entire circle gets the live location instantly — agree in advance who calls emergency services versus who heads to the location.
Mark safe zones for key places
Home, school, college, workplaces — so arrival is confirmed automatically and anyone missing from an expected zone stands out immediately.
Agree on a meeting point
A physical fallback location the whole family knows, in case phones are unreachable or the situation makes a digital plan impractical.
Save each other's IMEI and emergency numbers
Dial *#06# on each phone and store the IMEI along with local police, hospital, and building security numbers where every adult in the family can find them.
What Each Family Member Should Know
How to trigger SOS on their own phone without hesitation — practice it once so it's not the first time in an actual emergency
That arrival alerts are being tracked for the places that matter, and which zones are set up
Where the physical meeting point is, and when to head there instead of waiting for a phone to work
Who in the family is the first point of contact if a child or elderly member needs help and can't reach the primary parent
Review It Once a Year
Kids change schools, families move, phone numbers change. Set a yearly reminder — a birthday, New Year, or the start of a school year — to revisit the plan: are the safe zones still accurate, does everyone still have the app, is the meeting point still the right one. A plan that's never updated quietly becomes useless without anyone noticing.