Are You Ready?
An In-Depth Guide to Disaster Preparedness
Published on 1. October 2019
208 pages
978-1-5107-5082-1 (ISBN)
Description
Everything You Need to Know to Prepare for and Recover from Dozens of Natural and Man-Made Disasters and Threats!
Are You Ready? is an all-encompassing practical guide for individuals and their families to preparing for all types of hazards and emergencies. It can be used as a reference or a step-by-step guide to developing, practicing, and maintaining emergency plans. It provides information, checklists, educational materials, and graphics to help you effectively plan for before, during, and after any kind of disaster.
Topics covered include:
• Creating a disaster supplies kit
• Dealing with natural hazards such as floods, earthquakes, and tornadoes
• Responding to technological hazards such as hazardous materials incidents and nuclear or chemical emergencies
• General information about terrorism
Are You Ready? is an all-encompassing practical guide for individuals and their families to preparing for all types of hazards and emergencies. It can be used as a reference or a step-by-step guide to developing, practicing, and maintaining emergency plans. It provides information, checklists, educational materials, and graphics to help you effectively plan for before, during, and after any kind of disaster.
Topics covered include:
• Creating a disaster supplies kit
• Dealing with natural hazards such as floods, earthquakes, and tornadoes
• Responding to technological hazards such as hazardous materials incidents and nuclear or chemical emergencies
• General information about terrorism
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Persons
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. Its mission is to support US citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation to build, sustain and improve citizens' capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards.
Content
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Why Prepare
- Part 1 Basic Preparedness
- Section 1.1 Getting Informed
- Section 1.2 Emergency Planning and Checklists
- Section 1.3 Assemble a Disaster Supplies Kit
- Section 1.4 Shelter
- Section 1.5 Hazard-Specific Preparedness
- Section 1.6 Practicing and Maintaining Your Plan
- Part 2 Natural Hazards
- Section 2.1 Floods
- Section 2.2 Tornadoes
- Section 2.3 Hurricanes
- Section 2.4 Thunderstorms and Lightning
- Section 2.5 Winter Storms and Extreme Cold
- Section 2.6 Extreme Heat
- Section 2.7 Earthquakes
- Section 2.8 Volcanoes
- Section 2.9 Landslides and Debris Flow (Mudslide)
- Section 2.10 Tsunamis
- Section 2.11 Fires
- Section 2.12 Wildfires
- Part 3 Technological Hazards
- Section 3.1 Hazardous Materials Incidents
- Section 3.2 Household Chemical Emergencies
- Section 3.3 Nuclear Power Plants
- Part 4 Terrorism
- Section 4.1 General Information about Terrorism
- Section 4.2 Explosions
- Section 4.3 Biological Threats
- Section 4.4 Chemical Threats
- Section 4.5 Nuclear Blast
- Section 4.6 Radiological Dispersion Device (RDD)
- Section 4.7 Homeland Security Advisory System
- Part 5 Recovering from Disaster
- Appendix A: Water Conservation Tips
- Appendix B: Disaster Supplies Checklist
- Appendix C: Family Communications Plan
