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This is an information clearinghouse page to help you easily find PREPAREDNESS information and resources. Select a letter and it will take you to the appropriate preparedness topic(s). As always - new material will be posted as it becomes available, so check back!
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- Action Plans:
- Advertising / Promotional Materials (For Printing / Promotional Material):
- Bookmark - Drop, Cover, Hold (PDF)
- Bookmark - How Much Food Do You Need? (PDF)
- Bookmark - Shoes Under The Bed (PDF)
- Business Rack Card (PDF)
- Getting Ready - Home Rack Card (PDF)
- Map Your Neighborhood (MYN) Rack Card (PDF)
- NOAA Weather Radio Rack Card (PDF)
- Prepare In A Year (PIY) Rack Card (PDF)
- Preparedness Website Rack Card (PDF)
- School Preparedness Rack Card (PDF)
- See Also: In-Focus Campaign
- Avalanche:
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- Basic Emergency Plan For Schools
- Bomb Threat Fact Sheet (ERG) (PDF)
- Bookcases / Tall Furniture, Securing:
- Businesses:
- EMD Business Portal (Resources For Preparedness, Mitigation, Response And Recovery)
- Safe@Work - Safety And Preparedness Meeting Resources
- Office Preparedness (Non-Structural Hazards Mitigation)
- Businesses - Disaster Assistance
- Preparing Your Office For An Earthquake (Video)
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- Cabinets - Kitchen And Cabinet Safety:
- Car And Travel Safety
- Carbon Monoxide:
- Carbon Monoxide Safety
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning And Safety (Video)
- Carbon Monoxide Fact Sheets:
- Carbon Monoxide Fact Sheet (ERG) (PDF)
- Carbon Monoxide Flyer - English (PDF)
- Carbon Monoxide Flyer - Spanish (PDF)
- Carbon Monoxide Flyer - Vietnamese (PDF)
- Carbon Monoxide Flyer - Russian (PDF)
- Carbon Monoxide Flyer - Cambodian (PDF)
- Carbon Monoxide Flyer - Korean (PDF)
- Chemical Emergencies:
- Know What To Do During Chemical Emergencies (PDF)
- Shelter-In-Place, How To (PIY) (PDF)
- Shelter-In-Place Flyer (PDF)
- Chimney:
- Inspecting A Home Chimney (Getting Ready) (see page 2) (PDF)
- Inspecting Your Chimney (Video)
- Citizen Corps
- Citizen Emergency Response Team (CERT)
- Contact Cards:
- Coping:
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- Disabled Persons - Tips:
- Visual (ERG) (PDF)
- Deaf And Hard Of Hearing (ERG) (PDF)
- Special Medical Needs (ERG) (PDF)
- Mobility (ERG) (PDF)
- Disaster Preparedness Month Campaigns:
- Washington State (on bottom of In-Focus page)
- National (on bottom of In-Focus page)
- Drop, Cover, Hold - Practice Being Safe (PIY) (PDF)
- Drop, Cover, Hold Bookmark (PDF)
- Drought:
- Drought Preparedness (In-Focus)
- Drought Hazard Map And Tips
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- Earthquake:
- Drop, Cover, Hold - Practice Being Safe (PIY) (PDF)
- Drop, Cover, Hold - Bookmark (PDF)
- Earthquake Home Hazard Hunt (Getting Ready) (PDF)
- Earthquake Preparedness Resources
- Earthquakes In The Northwest (Video)
- Earthquakes - Are Earthquakes Really On The Increase? (USGS)
- For General Public:
- For Businesses:
- EMD Business Portal (Resources On Preparedness, Mitigation, Response And Recovery)
- For Neighborhoods:
- For Kids:
- Video:
- Drop, Cover, And Hold - Earthquake Preparedness (Video) (AVI)(Windows Media)
- Preparing Your Office For An Earthquake (Video)
- Earthquake...Preparing Your Classroom - How Safe Is Your Classroom? (Video) (AVI) (Windows Media)
- Earthquakes In The Northwest - May 2002
- Electricity, Turning Off (Video)
- Electrical Power Lines - Safety Near Downed Lines (Video)
- Emergency Alert System (EAS) Location Codes
- Emergency Resource Guide - 2008 (PDF)
- Emergency Resource Guide, Spanish - 2007 (PDF)
- Emergency Supplies:
- Energy - Ways To Save Around the Home
- Extended Events Supplies (PIY) (PDF)
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- Family Preparedness:
- Family Emergency Plan:
- English (PDF)
- Family Emergency Plan Checklist And Contact Forms (Alternate Languages):
- Amharic (PDF)
- Arabic (PDF)
- Cambodian (PDF)
- Chinese (PDF)
- Farsi (PDF)
- Ilocano (PDF)
- Korean (PDF)
- Laotian (PDF)
- Romanian (PDF)
- Russian (PDF)
- Serbo-Croatian (PDF)
- Somali (PDF)
- Spanish (PDF)
- Tagalog (PDF)
- Tigrigna (PDF)
- Ukrainian (PDF)
- Vietnamese (PDF)
- Fires, House:
- Fires, Wildland:
- Wildfire Fact Sheet (ERG) (PDF)
- "Living With Fire" Game
- Flood Safe Resources:
- Flood Safe - How To:
- Flood Safe - Information:
- Flood Preparedness Video Series
- Flood Fact Sheet (ERG) (PDF)
- Why Do I Need Flood Insurance? (PDF)
- My Flood Book (In English And Spanish) (PDF)
- Food:
- Foundations, Securing - Home Structural Mitigation (Getting Ready) (PDF)
- Furniture:
- Securing A Bookcase With Hardware (Getting Ready) (PDF)
- Securing A Bookcase With Hardware (Getting Ready) (Video)
- Securing A Bookcase With Velcro Straps (Getting Ready) (PDF)
- Securing A Bookcase With Velcro Straps (Getting Ready) (Video)
- Securing Wall Hangings (Getting Ready) (PDF)
- Securing Wall Hangings (Getting Ready) (Video)
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- Games, Puzzles, Coloring Pages:
- Lightning Safety Game - Kids
- Learning About Natural Disasters With Word Games & Puzzles (GRADES 3-6) (PDF)
- Learning About Natural Disasters With Word Games & Puzzles (GRADES K-2) (PDF)
- "Living With Fire" Game
- My Flood Book (English And Spanish) (PDF)
- The Natural Disasters Puzzle Book (PDF)
- Stop Disasters Game (UN/ISDR)
- Garage And Storage Safety (Getting Ready) (PDF)
- Generator Safety:
- Germs:
- Getting Ready - Home Booklet (PDF)
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- H1N1 (Swine) Flu
- Hazardous Materials:
- Heat - How Weather Precautions (In-Focus)
- Heat - Hot Weather Precautions Fact Sheet (ERG) (PDF)
- Home Hazard Hunt (Getting Ready) (PDF)
- How To - Preparedness Videos
- Trip To The Hardware Store (Video)
- Finding A Wall Stud (Video)
- Securing A Bookcase With Hardware (Video)
- Securing A Bookcase With Velcro Straps (Video)
- Securing Cabinets (Video)
- Securing Dishes (Video)
- Securing Wall Hangings (Video)
- Securing Your Water Heater (Video)
- Draining Your Water Heater (Extra Water During A Disaster) (Video)
- Turning Off Electricity At The Circuit Box (Video)
- Turning Off Residential Water (Video)
- Turning Off Propane (Video)
- Turning Off Natural Gas (Video)
- Carbon Monoxide And Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (Video)
- Personal Safety Near Downed Power Lines (Video)
- Set Up And Safely Operate A Generator (Video)
- Using A Fire Extinguisher (Video)
- Hurricanes and the Oil Spill (PDF)
- Hypothermia:
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- Important Documents, What To Have And How To Store (PIY) (PDF)
- In-Focus (Weather/Event Related - Monthly Topics)
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- Kitchen And Cabinet Safety:
- Kitchen And Cabinet Safety (Getting Ready) (PDF)
- Securing Cabinets (Video)
- Securing Dishes (Video)
- Kidz
- Kidz Web Site
- Kidz Stickers (PDF)
- The Earthquake Adventures of Terry and Gracie (K-2) (PDF)
- The Earthquake Adventures of Terry and Gracie (3-6) (PDF)
- The Volcanic Adventures of Terry and Gracie (K-6) (PDF)
- The Beautiful Mountain in the Sky - Lahar (K-6) (PDF)
- How the Smart Family Survived a Tsunami (K-6) (PDF)
- Game - Lightning Safety (NOAA)
- Game - Disaster Hero (ACEP)
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- Map Your Neighborhood (MYN)
- Map - A Roadmap To Disaster Preparedness (Washington Travelers Official Map) (PDF)
- Medication / Medicine:
- Mirrors and Wall Hangings:
- Securing Mirrors And Wall Hangings (PDF)
- Securing Wall Hangings (Video)
- Mitigation:
- Mold:
- The Problem With Mold
- Protect Yourself From Mold (CDC)
- Mold Information Posters:
- English (PDF)
- Spanish (PDF)
- Vietnamese (PDF)
- Mud Flows Fact Sheet (ERG) (PDF)
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- Natural Gas, Utility Safety (PIY) (PDF)
- Natural Gas, Turning Off (Video)
- Neighborhoods:
- NOAA Weather Radio:
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- Oil, Hurricanes and the Oil Spill (PDF)
- Out-Of-Area Contact Cards:
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- Pandemic Flu Fact Sheet (ERG) (PDF)
- Pets:
- Pictures / Wall Hangings, Securing
- Posters:
- Disasters Happen Poster (PDF)
- Earthquake / Tsunami Poster (PDF)
- Volcano Information Poster (PDF)
- Poisoning, Accidental Fact Sheet (ERG) (PDF)
- Power:
- Generator Safety - Spanish (PDF)
- Personal Safety Near Downed Power Lines (Video)
- Power Conservation Tips
- Prepare In A Year (PIY) - Personal Preparedness:
- Develop An Action Plan (PDF)
- Identify Your Out-Of-Area Contact (PDF)
- Completing The Out-Of-Area Contact Card (PDF)
- Storing Water (PDF)
- Prepare 72-Hour Comfort Kit (PDF)
- Gather Important Documents (PDF)
- Prepare For Extended Events (PDF)
- Under The Bed Items - Ready To Respond (PDF)
- Learn Utility Safety (PDF)
- Practice Drop, Cover, And Hold (PDF)
- Learn Fire Safety (PDF)
- How To Shelter-In-Place (PDF)
- Conduct A Home Hazard Hunt (PDF)
- Prepare Your Home - Getting Ready
- Secure Wall Hangings (PDF)
- Secure Tall Furniture And Objects (PDF)
- Secure Your Water Heater (PDF)
- Kitchen And Cabinet Safety (PDF)
- Garage And Storage Safety (PDF)
- Home Structural Mitigation (PDF)
- Prepare Your Neighborhood
- Preparedness for Kidz - Kidz Disaster Web Site
- Printing Resources
- Printing, Department Of - General Store
- Printing Agreement (Word)
- Propane, Turning Off (Video)
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- Rack Cards:
- Radiological:
- Radiological Information For Farmers:
- Shelter-In-Place (PIY) (PDF)
- Shelter-In-Place Flyer (PDF)
- Rip Currents Brochure (PDF)
- Roadmap - A Roadmap To Disaster Preparedness (WA Travelers Official Map) (PDF)
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- Sanitation, Following A Disaster (PIY) (see page 3) (PDF)
- Schools:
- Steps To Comprehensive School Planning
- Basic Emergency Plan For Schools (includes Templates / Resources For Preparedness, Response And Mitigation)
- School Emergency Procedure Templates
- School Laws
- Kidz Website - Disaster Information and Games for Kidz
- Shelter-in-Place:
- Shelter-In-Place (PIY) (PDF)
- Shelter-In-Place (QuickTime Video - may take time to download)
- Shelter-In-Place Mini-Course
- Supplies:
- Swine (H1N1) Flu
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- Terrorism:
- Tidal Waves (see Tsunamis)
- Travel:
- Tsunami:
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- Under the Bed Items - Ready to Respond (PIY) (PDF)
- Utility Safety And Procedures:
- Utility Safety (PIY) (PDF)
- Turning Off Electricity at the Circuit Box (Video)
- Turning Off Natural Gas (Video)
- Turning Off Residential Water (Video)
- Turning Off Propane (Video)
- Turning Off Utilities Fact Sheet (ERG) (PDF)
- Personal Safety Near Downed Power Lines (Video)
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- Vehicles:
- Videos:
- Disaster Preparedness - "How-To" Preparedness And Safety Videos:
- Trip To The Hardware Store (Video)
- Finding A Wall Stud (Video)
- Securing A Bookcase With Hardware (Video)
- Securing A Bookcase With Velcro Straps (Video)
- Securing Cabinets (Video)
- Securing Dishes (Video)
- Securing Wall Hangings (Video)
- Securing Your Water Heater (Video)
- Draining Your Water Heater (Extra Water During A Disaster) (Video)
- Turning Off Electricity at the Circuit Box (Video)
- Turning Off Residential Water (Video)
- Turning Off Propane (Video)
- Turning Off Natural Gas (Video)
- Carbon Monoxide And Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (Video)
- Personal Safety Near Downed Power Lines (Video)
- Set Up And Safely Operate A Generator (Video)
- Using A Fire Extinguisher (Video)
- Flood Preparedness Video Series
- Drop, Cover, and Hold - Earthquake Preparedness (AVI) (Windows Media)
- Earthquake... Preparing Your Classroom - How Safe Is Your Classroom? (AVI) (Windows Media)
- Earthquakes In The Northwest
- Inspecting Your Chimney (FEMA)
- Disaster Preparedness - "How-To" Preparedness And Safety Videos:
- Pets Are Family Too - Preparedness For Your Pets (AVI)(Windows Media)
- Prepare Because You Care - General Preparedness (AVI)(Windows Media)
- Preparing Your Office For An Earthquake (Video)
- Volcano:
- Ash Particles And Home Clean-Up Problems
- Cleaning Volcanic Ash From Clothing And Housewares
- Volcano Information Poster (PDF)
- Learn More About Volcanoes In Washington (PDF)
- Volcano for Kids:
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- Wall Hangings:
- Securing Wall Hangings (Getting Ready) (PDF)
- Securing Wall Hangings (Video)
- Water:
- Storing Water (PIY) (PDF)
- Turning Off Residential Water (Video)
- Securing The Water Heater (PDF)
- Securing The Water Heater (Video)
- Purifying Household Water Fact Sheet (ERG) (PDF)
- Weather:
- NOAA Weather Radio - All Hazards
- Severe Weather Brochure (PDF)
- WinterSafe Newspaper - English (PDF)
- WinterSafe Newspaper - Chinese (PDF)
- WinterSafe Newspaper - Korean (PDF)
- WinterSafe Newspaper - Russian (PDF)
- WinterSafe Newspaper - Spanish (PDF)
- WinterSafe Newspaper - Vietnamese (PDF)
- Lightning Safety (In-Focus)
- Tornados (In-Focus)
- Thunderstorms (In-Focus)
- Excessive Heat In Western Washington
- National Weather Service - Seattle
- Kidz Web Site - Weather
- Weather Warning Game (NOAA)
- Weather Radio:
- West Nile Virus Fact Sheet (ERG) (PDF)
- Wildfire:
- Windstorms:
- Windstorms Brochure (PDF)
- Windstorms Fact Sheet (ERG) (PDF)
- Winter:
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