Disaster Planning And Preparedness
Find out how to make a survival kit, establish a family plan, and how to
stay informed during a disaster.
BPL Resources
Selected resources held at the
Birmingham Public Library:
Emergency management
Preparedness
Survival skills
Internet Resources
Web link
policy
Family Disaster Planning From the Red Cross, this site provides
information to prepare a survival kit for supplies including food, water,
and medical supplies. The site also includes establishing an evacuation
plan, looking for a home, and creating a shelter-in-place.
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/beprepared/familyplan.html
Local Hospitals
http://www.bplonline.org/resources/subjects/community/hospitals.asp
Pets Disaster
preparedness guidelines for your household pets and farm animals.
http://www.animalrescuefoundation.org/disaster.htm
Public Health Emergency Preparedness And
Response. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) details
selected agents and threats and how to handle each situation. This
information is available in Spanish too.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/
U.S. Department Of
Homeland Security This governmental Web site lists emergency supplies to
have at home, how to make a plan for an emergency, and ways to stay informed
if there is a biological, nuclear, chemical, radiation or explosive attack.
A link to Alabama's Homeland
Security Department is available at this site.
http://www.ready.gov/get_informed.html
Warfare -- Chemical And Biological
http://www.bplonline.org/resources/subjects/currentevents/cbwarfare.asp
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