Public Health Department
Emergency Preparedness Fact Sheets

 
The following emergency preparedness links may help prepare you in potential emergency situations:
Publications
Emergency Fact Sheets

In English

En Espanol
Heat Calor extremo
Power Outage



Keep Food and Water Safe after an Emergency

Food Safety


Keep Water Safe
Cortes inesperados de la electricidad

Auxilio! Se cortó la energía eléctrica...

Mantenga los alimentos y el agua en buen estado después de una emergencia


Agua y alimentos en una emergencia

Agua y alimentos en una emerge

Thunderstorm ¿Está preparado para una tormenta eléctrica?
Fire
Red Cross Fire Safety Fact Sheet
Fire Safety Resources (US Fire Administration)
¿Está preparado para un incendio?
Flood
Flood, Clean Up after  (LCDPH)
Flood, Safety/Sanitation for Flooded Homes (LCDPH)
Flood Safety & Sanitation Procedures (LCDPH)
Sanitation and Hygiene After a Flood (CDC)
Flood Cleanup Priorities (LCDPH)
After a Flood: Cleanup of Flood Water (CDC)
Datos importantes para estar preparado frente a una inundación

¿Está preparado para una inundación o para una inundación subitá?


Sanidad e higiene (CDC)
Después de un huracán o inundación: Limpieza después de una inundación (CDC)
Tornado
Ready for Tornados - American Red Cross
Frequently Asked Questions about Tornados (NOAA)
Tornado Fact Sheet
Tornado
¿Está listo para enfrentar un tornado? (FEMA)
Winter Storm
Preparing for a Winter Storm (American Red Cross)
MEMA Winter Storm Facts (Michigan Emergency Management Association)
"Winter Storms...The Deceptive Killers" (National Weather Service)

Frío extremo: guía preventiva

¿Está preparado para una tormenta de invierno? (American Red Cross)

Hand Washing Lavese la manos
Animals & Emergencies
Pets & Disasters (Humane Society of America)
Planning for Livestock and Pets (USDA)
Disaster Preparedness for Pets in Livingston County
Stray Dogs in Disaster Areas
Protect Yourself from Animal and Insect Related Hazards after a Disaster






Perros callejeros en las areas afectadas
Protéjase contra los peligros causados por los animales y los insectos después de un desastre natural
Other Emergencies
In English En Espanol
Preventing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning after an emergency
Protéjase contra la intoxicación por monóxido de carbono después de una emergencia
Hazards in the Home & Hazardous Materials  
Wildfire Incendios forestales
Household Chemical  
Terrorism

Terrorism Fact Sheet (FEMA)
Preparación para casos de ataques terroristas con bombas: Consideraciones de sentido común
Dam Failure  
Earthquake Inundaciones
Hurricane Huracane
Landslide Qué hacer después de un deslave  
   
Animals & Emergencies
Pets & Disasters  (Humane Society of America)
Planning for Livestock and Pets  (USDA)
Disaster Preparedness for Pets in Livingston County

Do 1 Thing Fact Sheets
What is Do 1 Thing?  Do 1 thing is a 12-month program that makes it easier for you to prepare yourself, your family, and your community for emergencies and disasters. Most people are aware of the need to prepare for emergencies and disasters, but don't get started because emergency preparedness is such a big job. The do1thing program breaks the job of emergency preparedness into 12 smaller pieces:

Each month, the program focuses on one area of emergency preparedness ad provides a variety of actions that you can take to become better prepared.  If you do 1 thing each month, by the time a year has passed, you will have taken big steps towards preparing yourself, your family, and your community for emergencies and disasters. 

The program cycle repeats each year so you can jump in anytime.

JanuaryRisk Assessment

February - Water

March - Shelter
April - Food
May - Connecting with Community

June - Special Items
July - Communication
August - Taking Care of Others
September - Getting Emergency Information
October - Power
November - Emergency Supplies
December - First Aid

Biological Agents

In English

En Espanol
Anthrax
Botulism
Plague
Ricin
SARS
Smallpox
Tularemia

Hazardous Material
Isolation & Quarantine
Sheltering in Place


Antrax
Botulimia
La peste
Ricin
SARS
La Viruela
Tularemia

Hazardous Material
Isolation & Quarantine
Refugio domestico durante una emergencia radio activa

Chemical Agents
In English En Espanol
Cyanide
Sarin
VX
Datos sobre el cianuro
Datos sobre el sarin
Datos sobre el DX

Hojas informativas sobre agentes químicos específicos
 
Radiological Agents
In English En Espanol
Nuclear
Radiation
Nuclear
Preguntas mas frecuentes sobre las emergencias causadas por radiacion
Refugiarse en el lugar donde se encuentre durante una emergencia por radiacion
 

Livingston County Department of Public Health
email:  Public Health Department


Public Health Phone 517.546.9850   FAX 517.546.6995
Environmental Health Phone 517.546.9858   FAX 517.546.9853

2300 East Grand River Avenue, Suite 102, Howell, MI  48843-7580

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