FEMA's
website is packed with tons of helpful tips, instructions, & guidelines
on how to prepare in advance for almost any type of natural disaster. We advise
each family to take some time to review these helpful links. You can even download
a PDF of their booklet "Are You Ready?" to help prepare well in advance
of an emergency.
ARE
YOU READY
An In-depth Guide to
Citizen Preparedness Are
You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness (IS-22) is FEMA’s most comprehensive
source on individual, family, and community preparedness. The guide has been revised,
updated, and enhanced in August 2004 to provide the public with the most current
and up-to-date disaster preparedness information available.
Are
You Ready? provides a step-by-step approach
to disaster preparedness by walking the reader through how to get informed about
local emergency plans, how to identify hazards that affect their local area, and
how to develop and maintain an emergency communications plan and disaster supplies
kit. Other topics covered include evacuation, emergency public shelters, animals
in disaster, and information specific to people with disabilities.
Are
You Ready? also provides in-depth
information on specific hazards including what to do before, during, and after
each hazard type. The following hazards are covered: Floods, Tornadoes, Hurricanes,
Thunderstorms and Lightning, Winter Storms and Extreme Cold, Extreme Heat, Earthquakes,
Volcanoes, Landslide and Debris Flows (Mudslide), Tsunamis, Fires, Wildfires,
Hazardous Materials Incidents, Household Chemical Emergencies, Nuclear Power Plant,
and Terrorism (including Explosion, Biological, Chemical, Nuclear, and Radiological
hazards).
Copies of Are
You Ready? are available through the FEMA publications warehouse
(1.800.480.2520).
FEMA RELEASES "Getting
Ready For Disaster" DVD Are
You Ready? With the upcoming hurricane season on the horizon, killer tornados and wildfires
in the Midwest and south and California floods breaking levies, FEMA announces
the release of a new citizen preparedness DVD titled, "Getting Ready For
Disaster- One Family's Experience". The DVD guides viewers through important
steps of disaster preparedness and is a welcome addition to FEMA's preparedness
materials.
Several additional
factors are associated with resilience, including:
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