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Get a Plan!

Disaster can strike quickly and without warning. It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood or confine you to your home. What would you do if basic services, such as 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 everyone right away. Families can and do cope with disaster by preparing in advance and working together as a team. Knowing what to do is your best protection and your responsibility. Learn more about Family Disaster Plans by contacting your local emergency management office or American Red Cross chapter.
 

Doing just three thing can make a difference when disaster strikes.

• Get A Plan
• Take a first aid course or learn CPR, add to your survival skills
• When disaster strikes, make sure you and your family are safe, then check on a neighbor

Let's get started:

What are the disasters your community faces?

• Hazards Page
• You and Terrorism

Developing your plan:

• Family Preparedness
• disAbility Preparedness
• Pet Preparedness
• Kids Page
• Ready.gov
• Talking About Disasters - Guide for Standard Messages. Produced by the National Disaster Education Coalition, Washington, D.C., 1999
• National Disaster Education Coalition (NDEC)
• Citizen Corps

Preparing Your Home

• Institute for Home and Business Safety
• Federal Alliance for Safe Homes

During the Emergency

• Getting the word, NOAA Weather Radio
• Your State Emergency Management Agency's Web site

How to help after a disaster

• Disaster Relief Organizations
• HOPE Coalition America
• Disaster Relief  - How You Can Help
• International Disaster Relief

Internet Resources

Federal

• FEMA
• Ready.gov
• Disasterhelp.gov
• Citizen Corps
• National Weather Service

State and Local

• NEMA

• IEMA

• State EMA's

• Floridadisaster.org

Volunteer

• American Red Cross 

• Salvation Army

• National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters

• InterAction

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