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Emergency Preparedness

During an Emergency

(Jump to: Evacuate | Food & Water | Generators | Health Issues | Power Outages | Shelter-in-Place | Utilities)

Evacuate or Shelter-In-Place?
Overview
Deciding to Stay or Go:U.S. Dept of Homeland Security
Evacuation
Evacuating:U.S. Dept of Homeland Security
Your Evacuation Plan:American Red Cross
Emergency Evacuation Preparedness – A Guide for People with Disabilities and Other Activity Limitations: American Red Cross [PDF]
Chemical Emergencies: Facts About Evacuation:CDC [PDF]
Facts About Evacuation During a Radiation Emergency:CDC [PDF]
Shelter-in-Place
Staying Put:U.S. Dept of Homeland Security
Are You Ready? Shelter:FEMA
Fact Sheet on Shelter-in-Place:American Red Cross
Chemical Emergencies: Facts About Sheltering in Place:CDC [PDF]
Sheltering in Place During a Radiation Emergency:CDC [PDF]
Shelter-in-Place During a Chemical or Radiation Emergency:American Red Cross
When You're Not At Home
School and Workplace:U.S. Dept of Homeland Security
In a Moving Vehicle:U.S. Dept of Homeland Security
In a High-Rise Building:U.S. Dept of Homeland Security

Food & Water
Food and Water in an Emergency:FEMA & American Red Cross [PDF]
Food Safety in a Power Outage:American Red Cross
Keeping Food Safe During an Emergency:USDA
Alternate Emergency Water Sources Inside and Outside Your Home:American Red Cross
Ways to Make Outdoor Water Safer:American Red Cross

Health Issues
Drug Information
Safe Drug Use After a Natural Disaster:FDA
Insulin Storage and Switching Between Products in an Emergency:FDA
Hygiene
Floods: Sanitation and Hygiene:CDC [PDF]
After a Hurricane or Flood: Cleanup of Flood Water:CDC [PDF]
Clean Hands Save Lives:CDC [PDF]
Ways to Make Outdoor Water Safer:American Red Cross
Injuries
Injuries and Mass Casualty Events:CDC [PDF]
Brain Injuries and Mass Casualty Events:CDC [PDF]
Emergency Wound Care:CDC [PDF]
Burns:CDC [PDF]
Learn CPR:You Can Do It:University of Washington School of Medicine
See also Accidents, Poisons and Violence, First Aid
Quarantine
Controlling the Spread of Contagious Diseases:American Red Cross
Quarantine Fact Sheet:American Red Cross

Power Outages
What You Need to Know When the Power Goes Out Unexpectedly:CDC [PDF]
Blackouts:American Red Cross
Preventing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After an Emergency:CDC [PDF]

Generators
Generators:American Red Cross

Utilities
Turning Off the Electricity and Gas:American Red Cross

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