RP stands for Immediate Rally Point. This is a point outside of your home where your family can gather if they have to evacuate the house for some reason. The most likely reason for this would be if there was a fire. It needs to be a place that’s easily identifiable and not far from the house and everyone can find in the dark.
It’s also the place where your A-Team/Survival Group will rendezvous if they can’t go into the house for whatever reason, but need to assemble from other locations, such as school and/or work.
A street intersection near the home works well. Or a neighbor’s home.
ERP stands for Emergency Rally Point. It is where everyone will assemble if they can’t get to the IRP or home. This is also where your A-Team/Survival Group will rendezvous if they have to evacuate the home/work/school during a moderate or extreme emergency and have to stay for at least a day or more, with the possibility of not returning to the home.
We need to consider when you would use it. The most likely scenario is if there is an event where you can’t get to your home or to the IRP near your home. A flood, wildfire, earthquake, etc. could cause this.
Thus, you need a location where your A-Team will meet. This place is where they will automatically go even if there is no communication. After major disasters, many people rue that they…
