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Fact sheets in translation and large type
All fact sheets on this page are in PDF format. You may require a free reader to download these files. All are one to two pages in length. Each fact sheet file is roughly 120 k in size unless otherwise noted.

Emergency Resource Guide  (2008)
Many of the fact sheets listed below appear in the Emergency Resource Guide 2008 Order a print copy in Spanish or English or download a copy.

Fact Sheets A - Z

9-1-1 emergency calls

Anthrax

Bomb threats

Botulism

Chemical agents

Children (how to help them after a disaster)

Carbon monoxide poisoning

Cold weather

Contact list (out-of-area telephone numbers)

Cover your cough

Deaf and hard of hearing (preparedness tips)

Earthquakes

Floods

Floods (how to clean your basement after a flood)

Flu (seasonal)

Fires in the home

Generators (how to use them safely)

Germs (how to avoid spreading them)

Home preparedness for emergencies

Hot weather precautions

Hypothermia

Landslides and mud flows

Medical needs (preparedness tips)

Medicine (how to get it during a public health emergency)

Methamphetamine labs

Mobility disabilities (preparedness tips)

Pandemic flu

Pets (how to care for them in an emergency)

Poisoning

Power outages

Psychological and emotional needs resulting from disaster

Pneumonic plague

Radioactive materials

Sewage spills (how to clean up after)

Shelter-in-place

Smallpox

Supplies you will need in an emergency

Terrorism

Tsunamis

Tularemia

 Utilities (how to shut them off)

Volcanoes

Vehicles (prepare yours for an emergency)

Viral hemorrhagic fevers

Visual disabilities (preparedness tips)

Water (how to purify for drinking)

Water sources in an emergency

Water heaters (how to secure them)

West Nile virus

Wildfires

Windstorms


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