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Emergency Preparedness & Recovery

Disaster Preparedness Kits

Disaster Supply Kit: Hurricane
National Hurricane Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/prepare/supply_kit.shtml

Prepare for Disasters Before they Strike: 
Build A Disaster Supplies Kit
American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/general/0,1082,0_91_4440,00.html

READYAmerica: Get a Kit
http://www.ready.gov/america/get_a_kit.html

Your Family Disaster Supplies Kit
American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/disaster/safety/fdsk.pdf

               


Household Emergency Planning

READYAmerica: Make a Plan
http://www.ready.gov/america/make_a_plan.html

FEMA: Preparation & Prevention
http://www.fema.gov/library/prepandprev.shtm

Family Disaster Planning & Preparing for Disaster
American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_601_,00.html

Three Key Steps that Individuals and Families Should Take to be Properly Prepared for Unexpected Emergencies
Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?theme=14&content=462

Emergency Preparedness & Reponse
Mississippi Department of Health
http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/msdhsite/_static/44,0,122.html

 


Overviews of Types of Disasters

READYAmerica: Be Informed
http://www.ready.gov/america/be_informed.html

Disaster Terminology
Journal of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
http://pdm.medicine.wisc.edu/vocab.htm#toxicological

National Security Emergencies
Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?theme=14&content=446

READY IN 3: Educational meterials for Emergency Response
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
http://www.dhss.mo.gov/BT_Response/BT_Response.html
includes info on biological, chemical, radiological/nuclear threats as well as natural disasters, mass trauma, children and disasters and disasters and mental health - plus MUCH more

 


Legal Documents You Should Protect

What Financial Documents to Take in an Emergency
The Financial Planning Association
http://www.fpanet.org/public/tools/articles/FPP1004.cfm

Helpful Hints: Checklist of Important Documents
Operation Hope
http://www.operationhope.org/fileupload/File/helpful_hints.pdf

Protect your Important Documents from Disaster
National Endowment for Financial Education
http://www.nefe.org/news/news070103.html

 


Agencies that help in Disasters

Federal Emergency Management Agency
http://www.fema.gov/

Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/index.jsp

Mississippi Office of Homeland Security
http://www.homelandsecurity.ms.gov/

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
http://www.msema.org/index.htm

Mississippi Department of Health
http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/

 


Decontamination

Protect Yourself from Chemicals Released During a Natural Disaster
CDC
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/chemicals.asp

CBRNE - Chemical Decontamination
Liudvikas Jagminas, MD and Dennis P Erdman, MD
Emedicine
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic893.htm

Chemical terrorism
OSHA
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/emergencypreparedness/chemical_sub.html


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Author:  Lauren M. Young
Copyright 2005
Rowland Medical Library
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson

Last Updated12.09.2005
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