Home Emergency Management Guide
Guide to help people prepare for emergencies and provide information to help them during and after the emergency.
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Home Emergency Preparedness Checklist
Checklist for items to include in a grab-and-go kit when evacuating one’s home during an emergency.
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Low-Cost Emergency Supply Kit / Kit de Suministros de Emergencial de Bajo Costo
This fact sheet discusses the importance of having an emergency supply kit. Though prepared emergency kits can be purchased, they are often expensive and may include supplies that you do not need and…
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Oregon Coastal Hazards Ready (OCHR) Library & Mapper
The Oregon Coastal Hazards Ready (OCHR) Library & Mapper is an ArcGIS StoryMap that displays 39 case studies of coastal hazards preparedness (more to come!). The Mapper is designed to assist individu…
App or Interactive ToolNaturally Occurring+3OR
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Fact Sheet: Thunder and Lightning Fact Sheet
This fact sheet describes the mechanics of thunder and lightning with a focus on dry lightning which increases fire risk and how to avoid and respond to lightning strikes.
Fact SheetThunderstormsCA
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Fact Sheet: Flooding
This fact sheet describes the risk of flooding including how to prepare for it, how to respond during flooding and what to do afterwards to stay safe.
FloodCA
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Fact Sheet: Extreme Heat
The Extreme Heat Fact Sheet gives tips on how to prepare for and survive extreme heat events as well as how to recognize heat related illness.
Fact SheetHeatwaveCA
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Fact Sheet: Earthquake
This publication focuses on how to prepare for and immediately respond to earthquakes, as well as what to do to stay safe during an active Earthquake. Additionally, learn your risk of experiencing an…
Fact SheetEarthquakeCA
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Cascadia Action Steps: It’s Time to Get Ready
Cascadia Action Steps checklist shows how Oregon residents and guests can prepare to survive and rebuild after the expected Cascadia earthquake and resulting tsunami.
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No Power? No Problem: Tips to Help You Thrive in the Face of Disaster
This publication focuses on how residents can cope with the loss of power to their homes. Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses are likely to lose power during a disaster, but there are many …
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Survival Basics: Stress Less
Survival Basics: Stress Less is a 6-page handout that explores mindfulness techniques to help you prepare to respond with resiliency before, during and throughout stressful times.
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Survival Basics: Emergency Kits
In a natural disaster or other emergency, the key to survival is being prepared. Be ready with an emergency kit for your family. Emergency kits contain the basic needs for life: food, water, warmth, …
Fact SheetWinter Weather+9OR
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Storm Damage Cleanup Highlights
This fact sheet highlights key guidelines to help you safely and effectively clean and restore your storm-damaged home. See also the LSU AgCenter “Storm Recovery Guide”.
Fact SheetFloodLA
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Climate and Health Adaptation Planning Guide for Michigan Communities
The climate is changing in the Great Lakes Region (Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments [GLISA], n.d.). The average temperature, the frost-free season, total precipitation, and the number …
Planning GuideNaturally OccurringMI
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Annual Meeting 2020
Registration VIRTUAL EVENT September 22-25, 2020 and optional Post-Conference Workshop on September 25 Registration Fees: Meeting Registration – 3-day Event – September 22-24, 2020 Full Registration …
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Cascadia Earthquake Preparedness
Be aware. Be prepared. The last Cascadia Subduction Zone event Magnitude 8.0 to 9.1 was on January 26, 1700 (more than 320 years ago), and they happen about every 280 to 350 years. It is time to get …
Planning GuideWinter Weather+11OR
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Cascadia Earthquake Preparedness
A major earthquake can occur at any time. In the Pacific Northwest that earthquake will be accompanied by a disastrous tsunami. This free, interactive, on-line, 4-module course covers preparedness, s…
CoursesHazard+1OR
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High Speed Hand Washing resources
With the High Speed Hand Washing technique and some practice, washing your hands properly helps save time, water, energy and prevent the spread of disease. Absences due to illness are reduced. Groups…
CoursesWinter Weather+14OR
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Improve indoor air quality from wildfire smoke during COVID-19
Educational Article: Officials warn us to stay indoors when air quality is poor due to heavy smoke from wildfires. Reduced exposure to smoke helps protect our lungs, heart, eyes, nose, throat and imm…
Fact SheetWildfire+3OR
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Federal Disaster Funding Streams & Post-Disaster Community Best Practices
The purpose of this publication is to help communities and individuals address issues that arise during the disaster cycle. Special emphasis is placed on federal funding opportunities and best practi…
Project ReportTornadoIL
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Federal Disaster Funding Streams & Post-Disaster Community Best Practices
The purpose of this publication is to help communities and individuals address issues that arise during the disaster cycle. Special emphasis is placed on federal funding opportunities and best practi…
Project ReportTornadoIL
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Backgrounder: Tornadoes
Includes safety information and general information on tornados, including a description of the Fujita-Pearson Tornado Scale.
Fact SheetTornadoIN
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Keeping Food Safe After a Fire
Residential fires are, unfortunately, a common occurrence. Some 2 million American homes are damaged or destroyed by fire yearly. In the aftermath of fire, people are left to salvage their lives and …
Fact SheetFireMI
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Keeping Food Safe Before and After a Flood
When a natural disaster such as a flood strikes a community, the risk of getting a foodborne illness increases. Take the proper precautions before and after a flood to ensure the safety of your food.
Fact SheetFloodMI
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