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Citizen's Guide for Emergencies
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Links

 

Links

Information on preparing for pandemic flu (PowerPoint presentation)

Other helpful resources

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

  • FEMA publishes a detailed guide to emergency preparedness called, "Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness." To order this publication, call FEMA's distribution center at 1-800-480-2520, or visit www.fema.gov/library.
  • The FEMA website, www.fema.gov, also contains a great deal of information about preparing for and responding to emergencies.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security
1-800-BE-READY (1-800-237-3239), or www.ready.gov

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
1-800-311-3435, or www.cdc.gov

U.S. Department of Energy
1-800-DIAL DOE (1-800-342-5363), or www.energy.gov

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1-800-424-8802, or www.epa.gov

National Weather Service
www.weather.gov

NOAA All Hazards Radio
www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr

Purchase Weather Radios
www.hoffmanestates.org/police/Top_Story/Radios.shtml

American Red Cross
www.redcross.org

Illinois Emergency Management Agency
www.state.il.us/iema