Emergency Preparedness
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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
