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American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/
Disasters and Emergency
Preparedness
from Medline Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disastersandemergencypreparedness.html
CBS News Disaster Links
http://www.cbsnews.com/digitaldan/disaster/disasters.shtml
United States Disaster
Resoures
http://www.disastercenter.com/guide/resources.html
Emergency Email Network
A free public service
Get Notified of an
Emergency by E-mail,
Cell Phone or Pager
from your local, regional
and national government sources
Weather Information-Homeland
Security-Local Emergency Management- Health Alert
http://www.emergencyemailnetwork.com/
Federal Citizen Information
Center
Natural Disasters: Are
You Prepared?
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cfocus/cfdisaster02/t_focus.htm
FEMA.gov
Preparation & Prevention
http://www.fema.gov/library/prepandprev.shtm
FEMA: Virtual Library
and Electronic Reading Room
http://www.fema.gov/library/
Interactive floor plan
of the "Virtual Library" with the "rooms" linking to
reference materials,
publications, maps, photographs, audio and video clips.
FEMA for Kids
http://www.fema.gov/kids/
Kids Safety Resources
http://www.cpsc.gov/kids/kidsafety/index.html
Your Emergency Supply
Kit
A checklist from FEMA
http://geoparent.com/home/safety/emergencykit.htm
Text only list
http://geoparent.com/home/safety/emergencysupplies.txt
FREE Emergency Preparedness
Guidebook!
Download the 46-page
book
Do you know how to prepare
for an emergency or disaster?
Do you have emergency
water storage?
What steps should you
take for better emergency preparedness?
Our emergency guidebook
has emergency checklists, preparedness tips, and much more!
http://www.survival-guidebook.com/
Emergency Preparedness
checklist
Excerpt quoted from website:
TheEpicenter.com has
compiled the list below to help you prepare for an emergency.
Each major category from
our
"How
to Prepare for an Emergency" list is represented in a short form listing
below.
http://www.theepicenter.com/chklist.html
NFPA Risk Watch - Natural
Disasters
http://www.nfpa.org/riskwatch/RWND/index.html
Ready.gov
Ready.gov is a common
sense framework designed to launch a process
of learning about citizen
preparedness.
One of the primary mandates
of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
is to educate the public,
on a continuing basis, about how to be
prepared in case of a
national emergency - including a possible terrorist attack.
Ready.gov Natural Disasters
Resources
http://www.ready.gov/natural_disasters.html
related:
See below
resource links for Home/Family emergency prepararedness
from Ready.gov
Disaster Help.gov
https://disasterhelp.gov/portal/jhtml/index.jhtml
Institute for Business
and Home Safety
http://www.ibhs.org/
Research Library
http://www.ibhs.org/research_library/
US Fire Administration
resources for the public
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/public/index.shtm
See also "Lessons Learned
Center" library resources
http://www.wildfirelessons.net/Libr_SafetyHealth.html
Resources for Kids
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/kids/
INTERNET
RESOURCES
Crisis, disaster, and
emergency management: Web sites for researchers
C&RL News, November
2002
Vol. 63 No. 10
by Martin P. Courtois
and Claire B. Rubin
Taking Shelter From the
Storm -- Shelter Plans
http://www.fema.gov/fima/shplans/
101 Summer Safety Sites
http://www.gordon.army.mil/dps/safety/newpage12.htm
Guide to summer safety
http://www.familysummerfun.com
Winter Safety Tips
http://www.fema.gov/regions/vii/2002/n03.shtm
National Flood Insurance
(U.S. only)
http://www.floodalert.fema.gov/
Hurricane and Natural
Disaster Brochures
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/hurricbro.html
**Note: see Links
to more Hurricane Resources
Institute for Business
& Home Safety
http://www.ibhs.org/
Build a Home Emergency
Kit and Plan
26 Weeks to Family Emergency
Preparedness:
http://www.emergency-preparedness.info/home_emergency_kit.htm
Create a Family Disaster
Plan
http://www.disastercenter.com/guide/family.htm
and
http://www.nfpa.org/Education/TalkingAboutDisaster/DisasterPlan/DisasterPlan.asp
Your Family Disaster
Supplies Kit
http://www.fema.gov/library/diskit.shtm
Emergency Food and Water
Supplies
http://www.fema.gov/library/emfdwtr.shtm
Office of Emergency Preparedness
- Federal Links
http://www.oep.dhhs.gov/Links/Federal_Links/federal_links.html
Earthquakes - Resources
http://www.fema.gov/hazards/earthquakes/
Putting Down Roots in
Earthquake country
http://www.scecdc.scec.org/eqcountry.html
Disaster
Safety
Flood and Flash Flood
http://www.seattleredcross.org/disaster/safety/FLOOD.HTM
Landslide and Debris
Flow (Mudslide)
http://www.seattleredcross.org/disaster/safety/MUDSLIDE.HTM
US Department of Labor
OSHA - Occupational Safety
& Health Administration
http://www.osha-slc.gov/index.html
Safety and Health Topics:
Workplace Violence
http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/workplaceviolence/
E-Answers
Excerpt quoted from website
E-answers is a searchable
Web site that provides reliable, research-based information on a wide range
of Extension or Outreach-oriented subjects.
From this source you
can access the knowledge of Land Grant universities around the nation.
Search E-answers for
information on a variety of topics, including:
agriculture, forestry,
fishing, family/consumer issues, lawn and garden,
child development, 4-H/youth,
environment, public policy, economics, water quality and communities.
http://128.227.242.197/
This site has useful documents
to download / print out
http://www.tallytown.com/redcross/educate.html
Excerpt quoted from website:
Disaster Education, Preparedness,
Planning and Mitigation Library
The Capital Area Chapter
of the American Red Cross has prepared this comprehensive library of disaster
education, preparedness, planning and mitigation articles, brochures, fact
sheets, checklists and publications from a wide variety of sources to support
disaster preparedness and planning activities in the home, neighborhood,
workplace, school and community.
http://www.tallytown.com/redcross/educate.html
ALASKA has it's own page
of resources
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
CHECKLISTS
Be ready for what could
happen in Alaska
http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/ehsrms/EmergencyPamphlets/Emerg.PamphletStartPage.htm
The Committee on Earth
Observation Satellites (CEOS) Disaster Management Support Group (DMSG)
supports natural and technological disaster management on a worldwide basis
by fostering improved utilization of existing and planned Earth Observation
(EO) satellite data.
http://www.ceos.noaa.gov/
Talking about Disasters
/ PDF guides *you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed*
http://www.disastersrus.org/MyDisasters/talking/talking_about_disasters.htm
Disaster Preparedness
Guide for Elders
www.myflorida.com/doea/healthfamily/publications/elderissues/doeadisasterpreparedness.html
Disaster Planning Tips
for Pets, Livestock and Wildlife
doityourself.com/pets/disasterplanningtipsforpets.htm
Canine Summer Safety Tips
http://www.akc.org/love/dip/publiced/summer_safety.cfm
Helping Children Cope
with Disaster
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
American Red Cross
www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/children/children-disaster/children.htm
Children, Stress, and
Natural Disasters
www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/teacher/teacher.html
Coping with Disaster:
How to Help Yourself and Others
www.odmhsas.org/publications.htm
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Weather Resources
Weather Channel
http://www.weather.com
NOAA WEATHER RADIO
County by County Coverage
http://205.156.54.206/nwr/indexnw.htm
NATIONWIDE STATION LISTING
using Broadcast Frequencies
http://205.156.54.206/nwr/nwrbro.htm
Safeside
Weather Safety
Get safe with Safeside!
The Weather Channel and the American Red Cross
supply helpful information
about severe weather and natural disaster safety.
http://www.weather.com/safeside/
Weather Service
NWS Offices and Forecast
Offices
Select appropriate city
for forecasts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/wrhq/nwspage.html
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Significant River Flood
Outlook
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/nationalfloodoutlook/
Winter Storms...
A GUIDE TO SURVIVAL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/wntrstm.htm
Red Cross - Weather and
adverse conditions
preparation & safety
tips
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readywinter.html
Hurricanes
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readyhurricane.html
From FEMA.gov
http://www.fema.gov/hazards/hurricanes/
Thunderstorms
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readythunder.html
Thunderstorms and Lightning
http://www.fema.gov/hazards/thunderstorms/
Tornados
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readytornado.html
Wild Fires
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readywildfire.html
Winter Storms Safety Tips
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readywinter.html
From FEMA.gov
http://www.fema.gov/hazards/winterstorms/
Winter Weather Safety
Rules! How to stay safe this winter!
http://weathereye.kgan.com/expert/blizzard/WinterSafe.html
Winter Preparedness Checklist
http://organizedhome.com/content-68.html
Cold Weather Safety tips/checklist
for Pets from About.com vet medicine guide
[NOTE: *annoying pop
up ads - on all About.com web pages - but information links are good*]
http://vetmedicine.about.com/library/weekly/aa121500a.htm
Other weather related
conditions safety tips for Pets
http://vetmedicine.about.com/cs/weatherrelated/index.htm
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Miscellaneous
Sites for Your Safety
Ready.gov resources
http://www.ready.gov/america/
Make
a Plan | Creating
a Family Plan | Deciding
to Stay or Go
At
Work and School | In
a Moving Vehicle | In
a High-Rise Building
Get a Kit
http://www.ready.gov/america/get_a_kit.html
PDF Document to print
: Family Communications Plan
http://www.ready.gov/america/pdf_familycommunications.html
http://www.ready.gov/Emergency_Ref_Card.pdf
lists of what should be
included in Kits
Water
& Food | Clean
Air | First
Aid Kit | Portable
Kit | Supply
Checklists
Special
Needs Items
Important Family Documents:
Keep copies of important
family records such as insurance policies, identification and bank account
records in a waterproof, portable container.
You can use the EFFAK
(Emergency Financial
First Aid Kit) developed by Operation Hope, FEMA and Citizen Corps
to help you organize your information.
Home Safety
All About Home (Commercial
site)
Safety tips / Seasonal
tips
http://www.allabouthome.com/
Safety Tactics
Home Security Tactics
http://www.protectivestrategies.com/safety-tips.html
Home Safety for Seniors
http://www.tscl.org/HomeSafetyforSeniors.asp
Article Archives
http://www.tscl.org/HomeSafetyforSeniorsArchives.asp
A Tool Kit to Prevent
Senior Falls: Brochures
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/toolkit/brochures.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/toolkit/toolkit.htm
Kitchen Safety TIps
http://www.homestead.com/kvfd120/FirePreventionandSaftey.html
Nutrition.gov
http://www.nutrition.gov/home/index.php3
Food Safety
http://www.nutrition.gov/framesets/frameset.php3?topic=food%20safety
This site has useful documents
to download / print out
http://www.tallytown.com/redcross/educate.html
Excerpt quoted from website:
Disaster Education, Preparedness,
Planning and Mitigation Library
The Capital Area Chapter
of the American Red Cross has prepared this comprehensive library of disaster
education, preparedness, planning and mitigation articles, brochures, fact
sheets, checklists and publications from a wide variety of sources to support
disaster preparedness and planning activities in the home, neighborhood,
workplace, school and community.
http://www.tallytown.com/redcross/educate.html
Safety Alerts - find information
about product recalls
http://www.safetyalerts.com/
Home Safety Council
http://www.homesafetycouncil.org/
Talking About Disasters:
Guides For Standard Messages
http://www.loweshomesafety.org/encyclopedia_c01_disasters.asp
Food Safety
http://www.fsis.usda.gov
NFPA [National Fire Protection
Association]
Fact Sheets / covers
several safety topics
http://www.nfpa.org
Summer Time Safety from
the Red Cross
Excerpt from website
School's out, pools
are open and people across the country are looking for fun ways to cool
down as summer temperatures heat up. As you head to the beach, to the pool,
or to the mountains for a camping vacation, the American Red Cross encourages
you and your family to keep safety in mind!
http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/sumsafety/
Guide to summer safety
http://www.familysummerfun.com
Related resources for
your family:
Vacation Security Checklist
http://www.homesafetycouncil.org/encyclopedia_g07_vacation.asp
Hiking and Camping Safety
http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/tips/hiking.html
Boating Safety
http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/tips/healthtips/safetywater.html#boating
Winter Heating Season
Excerpt quoted from:
http://www.esfi.org/hs/columns/naps8.html
(NAPS)-To help ensure
a safe and warm heating season, many experts recommend an annual inspection
and tune-up of home heating systems before temperatures begin to drop.
The Electrical Safety
Foundation International offers the following tips:
* Have
your heating systems inspected by a qualified service professional at least
once a year. This inspection should include lubrication and cleaning, replacing
filters, a check of belts and thermostats and having vents cleared of obstructions,
as necessary.
*
Make sure window air conditioners do not allow cold air to sneak through
or around sides, top and bottom, putting an extra strain on heating systems
and adding cost for homeowners. Local hardware stores can provide covers
and other easy, low-cost ways to keep that cold air out.
*
Caulking around windows and other openings can stop the cold air invasion
dead in its tracks. Caulking and a caulking gun from your local hardware
are inexpensive and easy to use. A warmer home and lower utility bills
can result.
*
Use products only for their intended purposes. Hair dryers aren't intended
to thaw frozen pipes, dry clothing or warm bedding.
*
When using a portable electric heater, keep flammable materials - bedding,
clothing, draperies, rugs and furniture - at last three feet away even
if it has safety features such as cut-off switches or heating element guards.
*
If you use an electric blanket to keep warm on a cold night, follow the
manufacturers instructions and make sure you turn it off and unplug it
when it's not in use. Never tuck an electrical blanket in.
For more information,
send a 60¢ stamped, self-addressed No. 10 (business size) envelope
to Electrical Safety Foundation International, 1300 North 17th Street,
#1847, Rosslyn, VA 22209.
Resources from Organized
Home.com
excerpt quoted from website
Household Notebook: Make
Your Own Planner for an Organized Home
by Cynthia Townley Ewer,
Editor OrganizedHome.Com
Smart home managers tackle
time management and goal setting with the help of an all-in-one calendar,
scheduling and information retrieval tool.
http://organizedhome.com/content-36.html
Printable Household Notebook
Forms Library
http://organizedhome.com/printable_forms_10.html
First Aid Kit Checklist-
What's in your first aid kit?
http://www.organizedhome.com/printable/showphoto.php/photo/13/cat/508
Print
this checklist and stay stocked up with these basic first-aid supplies.
Excerpt quoted from website:
http://freedomcorp.gov/dynamic_shared/includes/printable/dynamic_action.asp?ID=59
There are many steps
that individuals and families can take to prepare themselves and their
homes for the effects of an unforeseen situation, and most of them can
be done in a matter of minutes.
For example, here is a
checklist of examples of how you can prepare yourself for emergencies:
Check smoke-alarm batteries: replace alarms more than 10 years old.
Prepare a disaster-supply kit (water, food, flashlights, batteries, blankets).
Store hazardous supplies away from kids and pets; dispose of expired
medicines.
Make sure you know where your local fire department, police station,
and hospitals are located and post a list of emergency phone numbers near
all telephones in your home.
Organize and practice a family fire drill. Create an emergency plan for
your household, including your pets. Decide where your family will meet
if a disaster does happen right outside your home in case of a sudden
emergency such as a fire, or outside your neighborhood in case you can't
return home. Ask an out-of-town friend to be your "family contact" to relay
messages.
Know the terms used by the National Weather Service. For example, "winter
storm watch" indicates that severe winter weather may affect your area.
"Winter storm warning" indicates that severe weather conditions are definitely
on the way and you should take precautions. "Blizzard warning" means that
snow and strong winds will produce a blinding snow with deep drifts and
life-threatening conditions. Current weather conditions are listed online
at www.nws.noaa.gov.
Prepare a car kit with a battery-powered radio and spare batteries (in
case your car radio fails), a flashlight with extra batteries, a first-aid
kit with a manual, an extra blanket, extra clothing and booster cables.
Fill out a home-security inspection checklist and a personal-property
checklist (both are available at www.usaonwatch.org)
to make sure you've got all of your bases covered.
Locate the utility controls for your home, and be sure you know how to
turn them off manually: gas, electricity and water.
Home Computers
and Appliances
Protection against Power Surges and
Outages
Excerpts quoted directly
from websites:
How to protect your appliances
against power surges **PDF document
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/practiceguides/surgesfnl.pdf
Surges Happen
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/housing/surge/not-just.htm
Top 7 Steps to Protect
your Computer from Hurricanes
http://top7business.com/?Data-Backup:-Top-7-Steps-to-Protect-your-Computer-from-Hurricanes&id=726
and / or
Important Steps
to Protect your Computer from Hurricanes
http://www.hurricaneshuttersflorida.com/flashutter/articles/ImportantStepstoProtectyourComputerfromHurricanes.htm
Protect Your Home Computer
Personal computers and
their supplemental devices
(printers, modems, etc.)
are especially sensitive to
power disturbances. Any
power disturbance can have an
immediate or long-range
effect on both the computer,
the disk drive(s) and
the data stored in them.
Read entire article
http://www.lipower.org/residential/safety/sens_pc.html
Surge Protection Checklist
These tips will help
you select a surge suppressor that will help protect your equipment.
http://www.lipower.org/residential/safety/sens_checklist.html
Excerpt below quoted from
:
http://www.portlandgeneral.com/safety_and_outage/
If you have a home computer,
its good idea to protect
your equipment.
Here are tips on guarding
your computer equipment
before an outage strikes.
* Remember
to save your files regularly. Auto-save
back-up programs will
do the work for you and are
available at any computer
store.
*
Install a surge protector. Dont confuse a power
strip with a surge protector
good surge protectors
(also known as transitory
volt suppressors) cost $35
or more, and they will
protect your computer from
surges that follow any
sort of power disturbance. Get
expert advice and surge
prevention products you can
depend on in our surge
protection section.
* Consider an uninterruptible
power supply (UPS). A
UPS is a battery back-up
system that supplies power
for 10 to 20 minutes
long enough for you to save all
work and shut the computer
down. Make sure in choosing
a UPS that it is UL-1778
listed, and be aware that you
cannot use a UPS to power
a printer or copier
Surge Protection for Your
Home & Small Business
What you need to know
to buy surge protection for sensitive electrical equipment.
http://www.hydro.mb.ca/safety_first/safety_surge.shtml
How to Protect Your Computer
from Surges, Outages &
Other Power Problems:
Selecting and Sizing
a Small UPS
http://www.liebert.com/support/whitepapers/documents/lbthowto.asp
From Ohio State University
Safe Computing
Theft and Power Surges:
Protecting the Hardware
http://safecomputing.osu.edu/protect.html
How to Protect Your Computers
and Data From Power
Problems
By, Edward Zeidan | April
23, 2001
http://www.nerd4rent.com/reports/powerproblems.htm
Protect your technology
from glitches
http://www.matanuska.com/members/outages/power-surges.html
Surge Protectors vs. Uninterruptible
Power Supplies
(UPS)
http://pcsupport.about.com/cs/support101/a/powerprotection_2.htm
Related Information
Hurricane Proof Computer
http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/it/2006/06/02/hurricane-proof-computer/
Hurricane Season PC and
Data Protection
http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/1,1770,2620-1;4862-3,00.html
How to Protect Your Computer
from Surges, Outages & Other Power Problems:
Selecting and Sizing
a Small UPS
A White Paper by Liebert
Corporation
http://www.liebert.com/support/whitepapers/documents/lbthowto.asp
A Ten-Step Plan to Protect
Your Online Business from Natural Disasters
http://onlinebusiness.about.com/od/successstories/a/hurricanerita.htm
Data Loss Risks
http://www.remotedatabackups.com/why/risks_flood.htm
Circuit City information
and products **Check your own retail or online locations to purchase products,
or do price comparisons **this link is presented as informational only.
Keep it safe with a surge
protector or UPS
http://tinyurl.com/j34dq
Outdoor Safety - from
the National Park Service
Public Health *Has
limited "consumer" information
Purpose is to provide
pertinent, timely and accurate information regarding public health issues
that impact Concessioner, visitor and sister agency populations.
Drinking
Water, Waste
Water, Food
Safety, Illnesses
& Diseases,
Recreational
Waters, Backcountry
http://www.nps.gov/public_health/index.htm
FEMA for Kids - Understanding
Thunderstorms
http://www.fema.gov/kids/thunder.htm
US Consumer Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov/
See to: my printables
pages on my site Teas2Dine4.com, with travel checklist printables,
and healthcare / medical printables and much more.
Related:
Disaster-Proof Your Important
Papers | by Monica Steinisch
http://hffo.cuna.org/14953/article/1172/html
Disaster Planning: Important
Papers and Documents
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FY619
A Primer on Disaster Preparedness,
**PDF document
Management and Response:
Paper-Based Materials
http://www.archives.gov/preservation/emergency-prep/disaster-prep-primer.pdf
Disaster Planning / Preservation
Leaflets
http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets/3Emergency_Management/03DisasterPlanning.php
Disaster Recovery
*PDF document
http://www.peertopeer.org/files/tbl_s6Publications/PDF33/27/DisasterRecovery.pdf
Disaster preparedness
and response
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/disasters/
Prepare Financially
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_605_,00.html
See also Document preservation
and other resource links listed on the Paper Management pg of LibrarySupportStaff
papermngt.html
Scanning
documents and photos
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Fire safety
Tips/Resources
Appliance Fire Saftey
(PDF document)
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/mediacorps/ffwf-4.pdf
BeFireSmart.com
http://www.befiresmart.com/parents/home_safer.asp
Chimney Safety
http://www.csia.org
FDNY Resources
http://www.fdnyfirezone.org/resources/?gclid=CKLK2seftosCFQNGgQodaX5ywg#English
Firehouse.com Printable
Fact sheets
http://www.firehouse.com/infozone/firesafety/factsheets/
FireWise.org
http://www.firewise.org
Print the publication
available:
Protecting Your Home
from wild fires
NFPA.org [National Fire
Protection Association]
NFPA Fact Sheets
http://www.nfpa.org
Sparky the Fire Dog -
safety tips
http://www.sparky.org/safety_tips.html
Other sites for Fire
Saftey Tips
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/fire.html
US Fire Safety Association
Resources for the public
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/public/index.shtm
Fire Safety Directory
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/public/fserd.cfm
Resources for Kids
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/kids/
Fire Safety site for Children
Sparky the Fire Dog
http://www.nfpa.org/sparky/
Related :
Kitchen Fire Safety Tips
http://www.fabulousfoods.com/school/cstips/Kitchen_Fire_Safety_Tips/
10 Tips for Holiday Fire
Safety
http://seniorliving.about.com/od/familymatters/a/holidayfiresafe.htm
Summer Time Safety from
the Red Cross
Excerpt from website
School's out, pools
are open and people across the country are looking for fun ways to cool
down as summer temperatures heat up. As you head to the beach, to the pool,
or to the mountains for a camping vacation, the American Red Cross encourages
you and your family to keep safety in mind!
http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/sumsafety/
Don't forget about your
pets safety!
Canine Summer Safety
Tips
http://www.akc.org/love/dip/publiced/summer_safety.cfm
http://www.akc.org/life/health/summer_safety.cfm
Escape Planning
http://www.homestead.com/kvfd120/FirePreventionandSaftey.html
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FIRST AID
From the Childrens Hospital
of Pittsburgh
Home Safety Handbook
http://www.chp.edu/besafe/hshb/hshbintro.php
Written by medical experts
who specialize in pediatric trauma,
The Home Safety Handbook
provides parents with the latest safety guidelines
designed to help keep
your infant, toddler and preschooler safe
from common accidents
and hidden hazards.
Treating Common Injuries
http://www.chp.edu/besafe/tci/tciintro.php
In this section, parents
will find helpful precautions and effective remedies for treating common
childhood injuries, including bites and stings, bleeding, poisoning and
overheating, as well as information on when it is appropriate to drive
to the emergency room, contact your pediatrician or call 911.
First Aid Online
http://www.scivolutions.com/fistaid/index.html
American Association
of Poison Control Centers
http://www.aapcc.org/
Related resources:
OutDoor Safety
Kids Safety Tips while
hiking, camping etc. from Adirondack Kids
http://www.adirondacks.com/kidsafety.html
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Food , Poison, Toxic
Substance - Safety
Resources for Food Safety
and Storage in Emergency Situations
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/emerg.html
Symptoms and First Aid
for Poisonings
http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000801-d000900/d000817/d000817.html
Food Poisoning
http://wellness.ucdavis.edu/safety_info/poison_prevention/poison_book/food_poisoning.html
American Association of
Poison Control Centers
http://www.aapcc.org/
POISON PREVENTION PUBLICATIONS
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/pois_prv.html
MedlinePlus - Poisoning
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/poisoning.html
ATSDR Agency for Toxic
Substances & Disease Registry
To Protect America's
Health from Toxic Exposures
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/atsdrhome.html
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Car / Automobile
Safety
Triple A - AAA.com
http://www.aaa.com/scripts/WebObjects.dll/ZipCode
Mindconnection's Information
Connection:
Assembling your car's
emergency kit
http://www.mindconnection.com/library/auto/emergencykit.htm
Seven Secrets to Avoiding
Car Accidents
http://www.bygpub.com//books/tg2rw/accidents.htm
AAA foundation for Traffic
Safety
http://www.aaafoundation.org/home/
Driving, How to become
a better driver
http://www.familycar.com/driving.htm
From Medem.com
Car Safety Seats Frequently
Asked Questions
Choosing Car Seats for
Children
with Special Needs
Air
Bags and Children
RoadTestOnline
Driving Safety
http://www.roadtestonline.com/index-safety.shtml
From Minnesota Safety
Council
Fact Sheets: Traffic
Safety
Tire Safety
-
http://www.tiresafety.com/
-
http://www.rma.org/tiresafety/tiresafety.html
Winter Driving Tips
Factsheet: Winter Driving
http://www.fema.gov/hazards/winterstorms/winterf.shtm
Winter Tire Safety Tips
http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/Topics/winter/Wintere.htm
More Winter Driving tips
websites
http://cartalk.cars.com/Info/WinterDriving/
http://www.tirerack.com/winter/tech/drivingtips.html
http://www.tdc.ca/driving.htm
http://www.accuweather.com/adcbin/tips_storms?nav=home&type=drive
Motor Home - Winter Driving
Tips
http://www.motorhomemagazine.com/seasonalresources/seasonalresources_winter.cfm
Travel safety
Traveler's Health Information
from the CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/
State Department Travel
Advisories
http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html
United States
Department of Health
& Human Services - Resource Links
http://www.hhs.gov/
US Department of Labor
OSHA - Occupational Safety
& Health Administration
http://www.osha-slc.gov/index.html
Safety and Health Topics:
Workplace Violence
http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/workplaceviolence/
Summer Resources
Summer Time Safety from
the Red Cross
Excerpt from website
School's out, pools
are open and people across the country are looking for fun ways to cool
down as summer temperatures heat up. As you head to the beach, to the pool,
or to the mountains for a camping vacation, the American Red Cross encourages
you and your family to keep safety in mind!
http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/sumsafety/
Guide to summer safety
http://www.familysummerfun.com
Summer driving tips
Related resources
for your family:
Vacation Security Checklist
http://www.homesafetycouncil.org/encyclopedia_g07_vacation.asp
Hiking and Camping Safety
http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/tips/hiking.html
Boating Safety
http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/tips/healthtips/safetywater.html#boating
Travel Tips
Travel
Sense.org
http://www.travelsense.org/tips/
Top 10 Summer Travel Tips
http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/list/top10/105722/article.html
Canadian Summer Guide
- travel tips
http://www.canada.com/national/features/summerguide2005/traveltips.html
General
Resources
Weather
Resources
Miscellaneous
Safety Resources & Tips
Additional
Hurricane/WindStorm Resource Links
