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Disasters and Emergency Preparedness
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Overviews
- Overviews
- Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness (Federal Emergency Management Agency) - Links to PDF
Also available in: Spanish - Ready.Gov (Dept. of Homeland Security)
Also available in: Spanish - Your Family Disaster Plan (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Coping
- Coping
- Coping with Storm Related Natural Disasters (American Psychiatric Association) - Links to PDF
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Chemical Emergency (Federal Emergency Management Agency) - Links to PDF
- Earthquakes (National Center for Environmental Health)
Also available in: Spanish - Fire (American Red Cross)
- Floods (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Also available in: Spanish - Frequently Asked Questions about Tsunamis (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
- Hurricanes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Also available in: Spanish - Landslides and Mudflows (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
- Mass Trauma Preparedness and Response (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
- Nuclear Power Plant Emergency (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
- Power Outages (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Also available in: Spanish - Public Health Issues Related to Summertime Blackouts (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Recognizing (Hazardous Materials) Releases (Environmental Protection Agency)
- Terrorism: Preparing for the Unexpected (American Red Cross)
Also available in: Spanish - Thunderstorms and Lightning (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Also available in: Spanish - Tornado Safety Tips (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Also available in: Spanish - Tornadoes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Also available in: Spanish - Tsunamis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Tsunamis (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
- Volcanoes (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
- Wildland Fires (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
- Winter Storm Facts (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Winter Storms (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Animal Safety (American Red Cross)
- Blackouts: Safety Information for Short-Term Power Outages or "Rolling Blackouts" (American Red Cross)
- Brain Injuries and Mass Trauma Events (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
Also available in: Spanish - Disaster Fire Safety (United States Fire Administration)
Also available in: Spanish - Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities (American Red Cross)
- Emergency Preparedness: What Consumers Need to Know to Prepare for an Emergency (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists)
- Eye Safety: Emergency Response and Disaster Recovery (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Also available in: Spanish - Facts about Evacuation during a Radiation Emergency (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- FAQs about Building Evacuation (National Fire Protection Association)
- Flooding and Communicable Diseases Fact Sheet (World Health Organization)
- Food and Water in an Emergency (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
- Injuries and Mass Trauma Events (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
Also available in: Spanish - Lightning Safety (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Locating Safe Drinking Water [After a Disaster] (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
- Natural Disaster Recovery: Fungi (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Also available in: Spanish - Respirator (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
- Sheltering in Place during a Radiation Emergency (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Also available in: Spanish - Tox Town (National Library of Medicine) - Requires Flash Player
- Warning Signs of a Hazardous Substance Release (Environmental Protection Agency)
- Wildfires: Health Threat from Wildfire Smoke (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Also available in: Spanish - Winter Preparedness Safety Tips (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Also available in: Spanish
Research
- Research
- New Research Outlines Public Health Consequences of World Trade Center Disaster (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Severe Weather Watches And Warnings Definitions (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Directories
- Directories
- Chemicals in Your Community (Environmental Protection Agency)
- State Agencies (Dept. of Homeland Security)
Organizations
- Organizations
- American Red Cross
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
Also available in: Spanish
Law and Policy
- Law and Policy
- EPCRA (Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act) Overview (Environmental Protection Agency)
- Response & Recovery (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Statistics
- Statistics
- Biodefense Preparedness: Record of Accomplishment (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Women
- Women
- Giving Birth "In Place": Emergency Preparedness for Childbirth (American College of Nurse-Midwives)
Seniors
- Seniors
- Disaster Preparedness for Seniors by Seniors (American Red Cross)
Also available in: Spanish