Disaster Planning


Children

Disaster Planning

Family Disaster Planning

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¿Está listo?

Una guía completa para la preparación ciudadana

Are You Ready?: An In Depth Guide To Citizen Preparedness

Booklet

 General Public

This booklet is a comprehensive source on individual, family, and community preparedness. This guide provides a step-by-step approach to disaster preparedness by walking the reader through how to get informed about local emergency plans, how to identify hazards that affect their local area, and how to develop and maintain an emergency communications plan and disaster supplies kit. Other topics covered include evacuation, emergency General Public shelters, animals in disaster, and information specific to people with disabilities. The guide also provides in-depth information on specific hazards including what to do before, during, and after each hazard type. The following hazards are covered: Floods, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Thunderstorms and Lightning, Winter Storms and Extreme Cold, Extreme Heat, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Landslide and Debris Flows (Mudslide), Tsunamis, Fires, Wildfires, Hazardous Materials Incidents, Household Chemical Emergencies, Nuclear Power Plant, and Terrorism (including Explosion, Biological, Chemical, Nuclear, and Radiological hazards).

FEMA

Prepare Un Plan Familiar Ya, En Caso De Un Desastre

Prepare A Family Disaster Plan Now

Fact Sheet

General Public

This fact sheet covers the following topics: what to do before hurricane season starts, during a hurricane warning and if officials indicate evacuation is necessary.

 

FEMA

La Preparación tiene sentido. Prepárese ahora.

Preparing Makes Sense. Get Ready Now. 

Brochure

General Public

This guide provides detailed information on how to prepare for a terrorist attack and an overview of specific terrorist threats (biologic, nuclear, and chemical). It covers topic such as how to develop and maintain an emergency communications plan and disaster supplies kit and how to join volunteer organizations.

 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Preparación familiar: como tomar previsiones

Family Preparedness: Thinking Ahead

Fact Sheet

General Public

This fact sheet covers the following topics: preparing for a hurricane, how to develop a family preparedness plan and family communications plan and how to prepare a disaster supplies kit. 

 

National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)

Tarjeta de preparación para la Familia

Family Preparedness Plan Wallet Card

Wallet Card

General Public

An information wallet card to be used during emergencies.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)

 

Family Disaster Planning Resources Developed by State Health Departments 

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Florida

Guía de Preparación para Familias del Estado de la Florida

Booklet

General Public

Family Disaster Planning guide

Florida Department of Health

Indiana

Bioterrorism PSA (Spanish)

Movie Clip

General Public

This PSA highlights the basic elements of a family disaster plan.

Indiana State Department of Health

Michigan

Preparedness Public Information - Hoja de Información Pública

Fact Sheets

General Public

The following fact sheets are available on their website: 

Anthrax Fact Sheet in Spanish
Botulism Fact Sheet in Spanish
Chlorine Fact Sheet in Spanish
Plague Fact Sheet in Spanish
Cyanide Fact Sheet in Spanish
SARS Fact Sheet in Spanish
Sarin Fact Sheet in Spanish
Sheltering in Place Fact Sheet in Spanish
Smallpox Fact Sheet in Spanish
Tularemia Fact Sheet in Spanish 

Michigan Department of Community Health

New Jersey

Guía de Salud General Publica para la Planificación Contra Emergencias

 

Booklet

 

General Public

 

Family Disaster Planning guide

New Jersey Department of health and Senior Service

Virginia

General Public Health Emergency Wallet Card (Spanish)

Fact Sheet and Wallet card

General Public

This two-page fact sheet contains an emergency wallet card with family contact list and provides information about different WMD agents.

Virginia Department of Health

Washington

Manual de Preparación para Casos de Desastre

 

Booklet

General Public

 

Family Disaster Planning guide

Washington State Department of Health

Wisconsin

Emergencias de la salud General Publica – su guía de preparación

 

Booklet

General Public

 

Family Disaster Planning guide

Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services

 

Family Disaster Planning for Children

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Las Aventuras de Julia y René: Los Mellizos Desastre.

Julia and Robbie: The Disaster Twins 

Children’s Story Book

General Public

"The Adventures of Julia and Robbie: The Disaster Twins" is a book recommended for third and fourth graders. It is a compilation of disaster stories that teaches children how to be prepared for natural disasters. At the end of each chapter, the child’s knowledge is tested with quizzes.  

FEMA

 
*List Compiled by Miami CPHP 2006.


Children

Disaster Planning