Community Contacts:Being Prepared for a Disaster1
Attention Extension County Faculty:
This 13-chapter Family, Youth and Community Sciences department series is a collection of resources for use by Extension County Faculty. Extension County Faculty are encouraged to use these documents for training and to supplement these with local guest speakers and resources. These articles can be used for radio Public Service Announcements (PSAs) as a way to communicate with the general public.
Community Contacts:Being Prepared for a Disaster
It's important to prepare for a disaster before an emergency occurs. The agencies listed in this section can help you be well prepared. Get ready NOW. Telephone them, or use the Internet websites listed, and print out what you need. Put together your disaster kit and plan BEFORE you need it! Click here to print or view the entire publication.
There are 13 sections in this FYCS series, each focused specific preparedness issues important to Florida families.
• Preparing a Family Communications Plan for Terrorist Attacks (FY623/FCS9201) Keywords: contact, meeting, plan
• Community Contacts: Being Prepared for a Disaster (FY612/FCS9190) Keywords: national resources, Florida resources
• Community Contacts: Responding to a Disaster (FY611/FCS9189) Keywords: agency, assistance, FEMA
• Preparing to Evacuate your Home in Case of an Emergency (FY616/FCS9194) Keywords: emergency checklist, shelters, children in school., evacuating pets and animals
• TV Viewing by Children During Times of Conflict (FY613/FCS9191) Keywords: fact and fantasy, listening to your child, being a role model
• Terror/Emergency Preparedness (FY614/FCS9192) Keywords: important papers, medicines, special foods
• Avoid Fraud During Emergencies (FY615/FCS9193) Keywords: fraud, scams, overpriced cleanup and rebuilding
• Preparation for Disasters: Your Food and Drinking Water Supply (FY617/FCS9195) Keywords: preparing drinking water, purifying water, types of food
• Managing the Stress of War and Terrorism: Guidelines for Families (FY622/FCS9200) Keywords: signs of stress, manage stress, overload, substance abuse.
• International Travel in Unsettled Times (FY618/FCS9196) Keywords: travel alert, World Factbook, contacts, passport, CDC, Medevac insurance
• Disaster Planning: Important Papers and Documents (FY619/FCS9197) Keywords: papers and documents, checklist, on-the-go records.
• Disaster Planning: Tips for Senior Adults (FY620/FCS9198) Keywords: non-perishable food, first aid kit, non-prescription drugs, special tips fo senior adults
• Facing Terrorism Alone (FY621/FCS9199) Keywords: what if, do one thing at a time, keep in touch, know your neighbors
Footnotes
This document is FCS9190, one of a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611: First published: May 2003. Reviewed by Elizabeth Bolton, Ph.D., professor, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences. Please visit the EDIS Web site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu
Linda Bobroff, Ph.D., professor, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611.
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