Phone numbers to have handy

When weather emergencies strike, our minds often go blank. Once calm returns and we begin to put things in order, it's a help to find a phone that works. Here are some handy phone numbers — and suggestions of numbers to place with your home emergency kit:

Gas and/or energy provider

• Dayton Power and Light: (937) 331-3900 or (800) 433-8500
• Duke Energy: (800) 544-6900
• Ohio Edison: (800) 633-4766

American Red Cross

• Dayton area chapter (services Montgomery, Greene, Preble): (937) 222-6711 TDD 223-8320
• Cincinnati area chapter (services Butler, Warren counties): (513) 579-3000; and (800) 255-7070.
• Darke County chapter: emergency pager 547-3751; chapter office 548-1002
• Clark County: (937) 399-3872
• Mad River chapter (serving Logan and Champaign counties): (937) 650-5000
• American Red Cross of the Northern Miami Valley (serving Miami and Shelby counties): 332-1414 and 492-6151

More helpful numbers to look up

• Your local police or sheriff's office
• Your local fire and paramedic department
• Landlord, or property manager
• Animal shelter, in case you're separated from your pet
• Nearest church, parish, temple or synagogue, in case it is designated as a shelter

— Compiled by Angela Watson Gay