Preparación ante desastres

Disaster Planning Tips for Caregivers of the Elderly and People with Disabilities

Carolyn Wilken and Martie Gillen

Preparing and Storing an Emergency Safe Drinking Water Supply

Shuchi Shukla, Thomas Obreza and Andrea Albertin

The purpose of this fact sheet is to emphasize the importance of having a personal safe drinking water supply during an emergency and to describe the steps that Florida's citizens should take to prepare and store drinking water.

Preparing for a Disaster: Strategies for Older Adults

Carolyn S. Wilken and Martie Gillen

Preparing to Evacuate Your Home in Case of an Emergency

Elizabeth B. Bolton, Muthusami Kumaran, and Angela B. Lindsey

Pesticide Emergencies: Fires and Spills

Frederick M. Fishel

This document discusses emergencies which involve pesticide fires and spills.

Pesticide Emergencies: Contingency Planning

Frederick M. Fishel

The purpose of contingency planning is to prevent an emergency situation from becoming a catastrophic event. This document provides insight on how to develop a contingency plan for addressing emergencies where pesticides are involved.

Risk Management for Florida 4-H Youth Development Work: Crisis Management and Emergency Procedures

Written by Paula Davis, Dale Pracht, and Janet Psikogios. Revised by Nicole Crawson, Arielle Pierce, Bailea Scarbrough, and Candi Dierenfield.

This is one part of the series Risk Management for 4-H Developmental Work, intended to prepare UF/IFAS Extension county faculty, staff, volunteers, and youth for the important task of providing best practices in risk management strategies, including basic overall precautions everyone in 4-H should take.

Sources of Information on Flood-Resistant Design and Construction

Michael T. Olexa and Sean Olevnik

This publication is designed to provide accurate, current, and authoritative information on the subject. However, since the laws, regulations, administrative rulings, and court decisions on which it is based are subject to constant revision, portions of this publication could become outdated at any time. This publication is distributed with the understanding that the authors are not engaged in rendering legal advice or opinions, and the information contained herein should not be regarded, or relied upon, as a substitute for legal advice or opinion. For these reasons, the utilization of these materials by any person constitutes an agreement to hold harmless the authors, the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, and the University of Florida for any liability claims, damages, or expenses that may be incurred by any person as a result of reference to or reliance on the information contained in this fact sheet.

The Florida Handbook of Solid and Hazardous Waste Regulation: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)

Michael T. Olexa and Christopher Hill

Circular 1139, a multi-part handbook by Michael T. Olexa and Ian Goldfarb, helps Floridians recognize which agricultural and household activities may involve solid and hazardous wastes. It also provides an introduction to the agencies and statutes that govern solid and hazardous waste disposal. Published by the UF Department of Food and Resource Economics, December 2013. 

Keeping a Household Inventory and Protecting Valuable Records

Michael T. Olexa and Sean Olevnik

A disaster strikes. Your home and possessions are destroyed. Will you be able to pick up the pieces? You will, if you: keep an up-to-date household inventory and keep this and other valuable documents in a secure location. This publication provides details about these two tasks.