Wildfire-resistant Landscape Plants for Michigan
Selecting the correct landscape plants to place next to or near your home could save it from catching fire. When wildfires occur, the fire moves along the grou…
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Selecting the correct landscape plants to place next to or near your home could save it from catching fire. When wildfires occur, the fire moves along the grou…
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Coping Financially with Disasters helps individuals meet immediate food and shelter needs, build skills for improved decision-making when under duress, find fi…
This resource guides individuals and families needing information on how to recover from economic losses after a natural disaster. How to regain a sense of con…
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is a delicious and nutritious food. But it’s also a plant that can sting and cause welts. With these tips, you can learn how to…
Information on food safety considerations after a flood in your home.
A fact sheet for safely removing mold on a variety of surfaces in the home and on household textiles and cleaning up mold after flooding.
Guide to help people prepare for emergencies and provide information to help them during and after the emergency.
Checklist for items to include in a grab-and-go kit when evacuating one’s home during an emergency.
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 i…
The Oregon Coastal Hazards Ready (OCHR) Library & Mapper is an ArcGIS StoryMap that displays 39 case studies of coastal hazards preparedness (more to come!). T…
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 lightn…
This fact sheet describes health impacts of wildfire smoke and gives tips on protecting oneself from it through monitoring air quality and improving indoor air…
This fact sheet describes triggers of public safety power shutoffs due to wildfire danger and gives tips on how to prepare for them, especially for food safety.
This publication describes the goals for forest fuels treatment methods and the different types that can be used to reduce wildfire hazard in dry forests.
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.
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.
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. Addition…
The Disaster Planning Integration Toolkit (DPIT) is a web-based application and resource library search engine with a suggested planning process that enables r…
The Disaster Planning Integration Toolkit enables rural communities to use an asset-based approach to developing their Community Development Resilience Plan (C…
Cascadia Action Steps checklist shows how Oregon residents and guests can prepare to survive and rebuild after the expected Cascadia earthquake and resulting t…
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 powe…
Survival Basics: Stress Less is a 6-page handout that explores mindfulness techniques to help you prepare to respond with resiliency before, during and through…
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 bas…