CERT-LA - Public Safety Information

CERT Los Angeles

Public Safety Information

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CERT Standard Operating Procedures, START - Simple Triage And Rapid Treatment, CERT Incident Command System, Starting and Maintaining a CERT Program, Lifts and Carries handout, CERT Trifold Wallet Card, Uses of CERT in Emergencies and Non-Emergencies, 2003 Citizen Corps Survey of U.S. Households, The Connection, Making Triangle Bandages, Backboards and Splints, Building Backboards, Building Shelves for your Emergency Equipment Cache, Moulage Information

Disaster supply checklists, home/personal/business preparedness

Preparedness, terrorism, natural disasters and special needs materials in other languages

Anthrax, smallpox, biological threats, chemical threats, nuclear threats, radiological threats, bomb threats, nuclear power plants, electromagnetic pulse, decontamination, explosions, the Homeland Security Advisory System and preparedness activities for each level

Africanized honey bees, carbon monoxide, drought, earthquakes, emergency water shortage, fires, floods (and sandbagging), heat waves, hurricanes, landslides, lightning, thunderstorms, tornadoes, tsunamis, volcanoes, wildfires, windstorms, winter storms

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), animals, automated external defibrillator (AED), blackouts, chain saw safety, flu (pandemic and avian), hazardous materials in the home, children's interests, evacuation, shelter in place, swimming pool safety, secure furniture, strap water heater, mental health, special needs (children, seniors, disabled)

These items are provided by the following agencies (and many others):

American Red Cross

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Emergency Survival Program

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

California Office of Emergency Services

Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety

United States Fire Administration

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Los Angeles Fire Department

National Crime Prevention Council

Los Angeles Department on Disability

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

We thank them and very much appreciate their contribution of information on public and private safety.

	updated: 21 December 2006