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Emergency salvage of flood damaged family papers
During the 1993 Midwest floods, the National Archives staff developed technical tips to guide individuals in emergency stabilization and salvage of damaged documents, photographs, books, and other personal papers. It...
Emergency Tips For People With Mobility Disabilities
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Fact Sheet-Shelter In Place
One of the instructions you may be given in an emergency where hazardous materials may have been released into the atmosphere is to shelter-in-place.
Family Disaster Plan (American Red Cross Brochure)
What would you do if basic services–water, gas, electricity, or telephones–were cut off? Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot reach...
Family Disaster Plan (Massachusetts Checklist)
Being prepared before a disaster strikes is one of the best ways to make your family and home safer. Taking preparatory action now is a way to exert a measure of...
Helping Children Cope with Disaster (1-Page Tip Sheet)
Disasters may strike quickly without warning. These events can be frightening for adults, but they are particularly traumatic for children if they are unsure of what to do.
Helping Children Cope with Disaster (12-Page Guide)
This booklet offers parents, caregivers, and other adults suggestions on how to help children cope with the effects of disasters, as well as how to prepare before a disaster strikes.
Home emergency supplies kit
Some families prefer to store their emergency supplies in one location. Choose a place in your home that would be relatively safe in the event of an earthquake
Housing-Provider-Kit-Security-Safety-and-Emergency-Preparedness-Guide
SECURITY, SAFETY, AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GUIDE
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Disaster Toolkit
The leadership of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) strongly believes that, as fair housing professionals, we have a responsibility to ensure that persons affected by disaster...
Personal & Neighborhood Emergency Preparedness Handbook
In this guide, you will find suggestions to help prepare yourself and your neighborhood or community in the event of an emergency or disaster.
Personal workplace disaster supplies kit
For the workplace, where you might be confined for several hours or perhaps overnight, the following supplies are recommended.
Picking up the pieces after a disaster
Important Steps for Your Safe and Speedy Recovery
Picking up the pieces after a Fire
It also offers ideas on what you can do to help make yourself and your home safer from fires in the future
Post disaster water treatment
Many people have asked the Red Cross for information and suggestions on treating water after a disaster strikes. The following information is provided to address those questions.
Preparing for Disaster for People with Disabilities and other Special...
For the millions of Americans who have physical, medical, sensory, or cognitive disabilities, emergencies such as fires, floods, and acts of terrorism present a real challenge. The same challenge also...
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