Are you ready? : a guide to citizen preparedness /

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Wetmore CollectionPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2002Description: 102 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

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Emergency management -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc

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S EDUC.050.b.e.c.02 FEMA 2002 ASFPM

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Contents:

Why prepare for a disaster -- General preparedness information : Emergency planning and disaster supplies : Creating a disaster plan ; Emergency planning for people with special needs ; Disaster supply kits -- Evacuation -- Shelter : Long-term in-place sheltering ; Staying in a mass care shelter -- Mitigation -- Animals in disaster -- Recovering from disaster : Mental health and crisis counseling.

Natural hazards : Floods -- Hurricanes -- Thunderstorms : Lightning ; Tornadoes -- Winter storms and extreme cold -- Extreme heat (heat wave) : Emergency water shortages -- Earthquakes -- Volcanoes -- Landslide and debris flow (mudslide) -- Tsunamis -- Fire : Wildland fires.

Technological & man-made hazards : Hazardous materials incidents : Household chemical emergencies -- Nuclear power plants -- National security emergencies : Terrorism ; Chemical and biological weapons ; Nuclear and radiological attack ; Homeland security advisory system.

Summary: Provides emergency information in case of natural hazards: floods, hurricanes, thunderstorms (lightning, tornadoes), winter storms and extreme cold, extreme heat ((heat wave), emergency water shortage), eathquakes, volcanoes (volcanic eruptions), landslides and debris flow (mudslide), tsunamis, and fire (wildland fires); and technological and man-made hazards: hazardous materials incidents (household chemical emergencies), nuclear power plants, national security emergencies (terrorism, chemical and biological weapons).

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Government Publications	ASFPM Library	Wetmore Collection	S EDUC.050.b.e.c.02 FEMA 2002 ASFPM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		000280

Total holds: 0

Shipping list no.: 2003-0053-P. ; 2nd shipment: 2003-0059-P.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-98).

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Provides emergency information in case of natural hazards: floods, hurricanes, thunderstorms (lightning, tornadoes), winter storms and extreme cold, extreme heat ((heat wave), emergency water shortage), eathquakes, volcanoes (volcanic eruptions), landslides and debris flow (mudslide), tsunamis, and fire (wildland fires); and technological and man-made hazards: hazardous materials incidents (household chemical emergencies), nuclear power plants, national security emergencies (terrorism, chemical and biological weapons).

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