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Power Outages: Keep Food Safe

Provides recommendations on how to keep foods cold or frozen and determining when food safety has been compromised.

Preparing Food Without Power

Explains how to prepare food when there is no or limited power. Includes safety advice for alternative cooking methods, and suggestions for no-cook foods, food preparation and safe food handling.

Exercising in the Heat

Useful tips for avoiding heat illness. Useful to remember after a disaster. How the body works to keep you from overheating during exercise. Learn the signs of heat related illness.

Kansas EDEN

K-State Extension EDEN page and resource collection. Entry to the “Prepare Kansas” project.

Is food safe after a fire?

Offers information on usability of food exposed to fire and steps to decontaminate canned goods and cookware exposed to fire-fighting chemicals.

Tips for Preventing Heat-Related Illness

Fact sheet containing tips on how to protect yourself and others from heat related illnesses. Includes description of heat exhaustion and heat stroke; addresses heat problems for seniors. Provides ti…

Emergency Handbook

The Emergency Handbook is a resource to help families, business and communities prepare for storms and clean up after they pass. Developed by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, the resource is…

Winter Storms – Cornell

Collection of resources for winter storm preparedness and safety prepared by Cornell University.

How to Help Preschoolers Manage Their Emotions After a Disaster

This NebGuide provides information about ways parents can help preschoolers cope with tragedy and stress. Developed in association with Save the Children International. Alternate contact: Lisa Poppe .

Rebuild Healthy Homes

HUD’s Rebuild Healthy Homes: Guide to Post-disaster Restoration for a Safe and Healthy Home is a very detailed and comprehensive how-to guide for homeowners and volunteers that is available as a free…

Financial Recovery After Disaster Video Series

These 7 videos can be used by themselves and in conjunction with your other disaster recovery efforts. Based on the content of the award winning resource, Recovery After Disaster: The Family Financia…

Recovery After Disaster: The Family Financial Toolkit

Tools and strategies needed to plan a family’s financial recovery from a natural disaster, in a binder/workbook format. Introductory videos were added to the resource collection in 2015. Several prom…

Safe Handling of Food and Water in a Hurricane or Related Disaster

This document is FSHN0520, one of a series of the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date September 2005. Reviewed January 2015 and September 2018.

Introduction to Flooding in Iowa

Series of web-based videos about floodplains, flood risks, and basic floodplain management principles. Includes participant materials and surveys.

Communicating Under Pressure

How we talk and how we listen are always important, but when the pressure is on, our communication styles become even more important. During stressful times, it’s easy to experience misunderstandings…

Alabama EDEN

Alabama A&M University

Website provides access to Alabama Cooperative Extension System resources for helping the people of Alabama prepare for and recover from disasters.

Build Safer, Stronger, Smarter: Add Strength and Water Resistance When Repairing Your Roof

Detailed, illustrated guide for improving storm resistance and building code compliance. Describes steps you can take at every stage of roof work to minimize future storm damage and meet residential …

Six Steps in Making an Insurance Claim

This document is EDIS document DH199, formerly IFAS publication DH0431. Published June 1998, revised January 2016, October 2019, and November 2023. It is part of The Disaster Handbook, a component of…

Helping Families Recover Financially After Disaster: Webinars

This 5-webinar series will help professionals assist individuals and families with disaster financial recovery including: Becoming familiar with the Recovery After Disaster: The Family Financial Tool…

Tornado Safety – Alabama

Covers tornado watches and warnings, NOAA weather radios, safe and unsafe locations during tornados, disaster plans, emergency supplies and reinforcing homes. 8 pages.

Water Storage

Guidelines for safe water storage for use during disasters and emergencies.

Emergency Preparedness Information

Resources on how to prepare a 3-day emergency food supply, food safety, and water storage.

FireWise Plant Materials

Investigation of which materials are more fire resistant on a homestead. Printable face sheet on creating a “defensible space” around a home from wildfire. Chart of FireWise plants.

Improve Your Home and Prosper

For homeowners who plan to remodel, renovate, or improve their homes – points out the advantages of adding hazard resistance and energy efficiency at the same time. 6 pages