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Ready or Not? - Emergency Preparedness
Are you ready for an emergency? Planning ahead can often save lives when disaster arrives unexpectedly.
Check out these great resources to help individuals, families and communities prepare for emergencies.
EDEN – Extension Disaster Education Network provides many useful publication and links for families, schools and communities.
Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters from the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service is a set of resources for teachers and other child-care or youth workers. These resources include a guide for teachers and activities that teachers can use in their classrooms, lists of curriculum guides on disaster-related topics, a bibliography of children's literature on floods and natural disasters, and a list of resource material that are available from the American Red Cross. The University of Illinois also offers a comprehensive list of disaster fact sheets http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/disaster/guide/g_facts.html
Penn State University - Better Kid Care Program offers emergency preparedness information and planning worksheets for child care centers and home providers. This curriculum includes emergency evacuation site agreements and sample letters for parents.
The Natural Disaster Program for Families from North Carolina Extension Service provides information on (1) things to do before a disaster, and (2) response or clean-up information following a disaster. Designed for use by Extension Educators working with families, it includes ready-to-use 30-second radio spots, fact sheets, leader guides with handouts, and additional resource information.
The Emergency Financial First Aid Kit is a simple tool to help minimize the financial impact of a natural disaster or national emergency. It helps users identify and organize key financial records and serves as a quick reference to their most important financial documents.
Eating Nutritiously When the Lights Are Out from Ohio State University Extension (PDF) gives readers 3 days of imaginative emergency menus – no heating required. Use the suggested list of food supplies and equipment to stock up for unexpected emergencies. Food safety tips will help you protect your health and keep a bad situation from turning worse.
Many families consider their pets a part of their household, but forget to include them in emergency preparations. The American Human Society of the United States (PDF) offers suggestions for pet owners.
Ready America U.S. Department of Homeland Security provides comprehensive checklists for water, food, clean air and special needs items.
Red Cross offers schools and child care programs useful lists to create emergency preparedness and search and rescue kits for classrooms and schools.
Citizen Corps provides disaster preparedness training for community volunteers. Citizen Corps volunteers may participate in light search and rescue, disaster medical operations, expanded neighborhood watch programs that include terrorism awareness education, public health initiatives, and other community safety functions.
If you teach, work or live with someone that has disabilities you may want to explore: Preparing for Disaster for People with Disabilities or other Special Needs (PDF)
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