NEHRP Clearinghouse
- Title
- Are You Ready: A Guide to Citizen Preparedness.
- File
- PB2003102494.pdf
- Source
- September 2002, 116 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- H-34
- Abstract
- ;Contents: Why Prepare for a Disaster; General Preparedness Information (Emergency Planning and Disaster Supplies, Creating a disaster plan, Emergency planning for people with special needs, Disaster supply kits, Evacuation, Shelter, Long-term in-place sheltering, Staying in a mass care shelter, Mitigation, Animals in Disaster, Recovering From Disaster, Mental health and crisis counseling); Natural Hazards (Floods, Hurricanes, Thunderstorms, Lightning, Tornadoes, Winter Storms and Extreme Cold, Extreme Heat (Heat Wave), Emergency water shortages, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Landslide and Debris Flow (Mudslide), Tsunamis, Fire, Wildland fires); Technological & Man-Made Hazards (Hazardous Materials Incidents, Household chemical emergencies, Nuclear Power Plants, National Security Emergencies, Terrorism, Chemical and biological weapons, Nuclear and radiological attack, Homeland security advisory system); For More Information (Citizen Corps, CERT, Disaster Public Education Websites, Independent Study Courses).
- Keywords
- Emergency preparedness; Citizens; Disaster preparedness; United States; Technological hazards; Man-made hazards; Animals; Shelters; Public safety; Terrorism; Emergency responses; Natural hazards