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  • Earthquake: A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety
    Also available in: Spanish
    This pamphlet describes specific prevention measures that can help reduce your chance of serious injury if an earthquake occurs in your area. These guidelines will help you and your family to be prepa details...
    National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Extreme Cold: A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety
    Also available in: Spanish
    Exposure to cold temperatures can cause other serious or life-threatening health problems, particularly to infants and the elderly. This consumer health education brochure provides advice on preventin details...
    National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Library
    This page lists vital telephone numbers within the FEMA system. These include helplines, fax lines, registration lines for disaster assistance regulations, and flood insurance information hotlines. details...
    Federal Emergency Management Agency
    Flood: A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety
    Also available in: Spanish
    This consumer education pamphlet provides information that will help you and other flood victims prevent diseases and injury and maintain good health in the days and weeks following a flood. details...
    National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    How To Use the 911 Emergency Telephone System
    Also available in: Spanish
    The United States has decided to use the telephone number 911 for emergency response services. This number may be dialed for free from any telephone when an emergency response is required. details...
    Healthy Roads Media
    Recognizing Medical Emergencies
    A medical emergency is a sudden illness or injury that needs care right away. This happens when a person’s health problem may cause him or her to die or lose a limb like a finger, arm, leg, or somethi details...
    Healthy Roads Media
    State Offices and Agencies of Emergency Management
    This is a list of addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, and web sites of the state offices and agencies of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). details...
    Federal Emergency Management Agency
    Tornado: A Guide for Your Personal Health and Safety
    Also available in: Spanish
    This consumer education pamphlet provides information to help you to be aware of the threat of tornadoes, to plan ahead to reduce hazards, and to avoid injuries during and after the storm. details...
    National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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