Neighborhood Phone Tree at a glance
What it is: Neighborhood Phone Tree: use this list every time you want to reach everyone in your neighborhood. In emergencies, call 911 and then initiate the tree to alert neighbors.
A filled-in Neighborhood Phone Tree example: a neighbor fills in the phone tree for a block

How to fill out Neighborhood Phone Tree, box by box
More rules for Neighborhood Phone Tree
When someone on the block has information to be passed on, they call the name at the top of the list and pass on their short message. If it needs to be very accurate, ask the person to get paper and pencil to write specifics if they will be calling another person. That person, in turn, calls the neighbor listed directly after them and passes on the message. And so on. If someone doesn't answer, try at work, or call later. In the meantime, call the next household. Finally, the people at the bottom of the phone tree should call the first person at the top of the tree and let them know the chain of communication worked.
Tell facts: what happened, who's ok and who's hurt; action taken to respond, how to help and how to get help. Remember not to speculate during your calls. Just pass on essential information.
Sources
[1] Neighborhood Phone Tree (Rev. 10/02), City of Falcon Heights, Minnesota (the Official source link on this page).

