Emergency Preparedness

Use these links to jump directly to your topic of interest in Emergency Preparedness:

General Emergency Information: Preparing for an Emergency | During an Emergency | Recovering From a Disaster

Specific Emergencies: Man-Made Disasters | Natural Disasters | Pandemic Influenza

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 Trauma Events:CDC [PDF]
	Brain Injuries and Mass Trauma Events: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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