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Resources for You and Your Community

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Use these resources to learn more about how you and your community can prepare for emergencies.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community Resources

Community Emergency Preparedness Information Network [1] (CEPIN)
DHHCAN Emergency Preparedness Report [2]

Disability Community Resources

Saving Lives: Including People with Disabilities in Emergency Planning [3] – National Council on Disability
Emergency Preparedness Initiative [4] - National Organization on Disability
Emergency Evacuation Planning Guide for People with Disabilities [5] - National Fire Protection Association
Emergency Preparedness [6] - New Freedom Initiative’s Online Resource for Americans with Disabilities
Emergency Management Research and People With Disabilities: A Resource Guide [7] - National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

Are you Ready?

Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness [8] - Federal Emergency Management Agency
Emergency Preparedness and You [9] – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Prepare for Emergencies [10] – American Red Cross
Links for Citizens [11] - Department of Homeland Security (with captioned videos)
FEMA for Kids: Preparing Kids and their Families [12]
Hurricane Public Services Announcements [13] (including some in ASL)

Fire Safety

Information for Citizens [14] – U.S. Fire Administration
Fire Prevention [15] - Kids Health
Deaf Fire Safety [16]

Alerting Systems

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service modified radio receivers [17]
OK-WARN [18] - designed to provide access for deaf and hard of hearing individuals to weather warnings
Emergency Alert System [19]
WARN Act [20]

Source URL: http://www.nad.org/issues/emergency-preparedness/resources

Links:
[1] http://www.cepintdi.org/
[2] http://tap.gallaudet.edu/emergency/nov05conference/EmergencyReports/DHHCANEmergencyReport.pdf
[3] http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2005/saving_lives.htm
[4] http://www.nod.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=11&
[5] http://www.nfpa.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID=824&cookie%5Ftest=1
[6] http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=213#
[7] http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/guide-emergency-management-pwd.pdf
[8] http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/
[9] http://www.bt.cdc.gov/preparedness/
[10] http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.d8aaecf214c576bf971e4cfe43181aa0/?vgnextoid=57a42aebdaadb110VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default
[11] http://www.dhs.gov/xcitizens/
[12] http://www.fema.gov/kids/index.htm
[13] http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/psa.asp
[14] http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/
[15] http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/fire.html
[16] http://www.deaffiresafety.com
[17] http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/NWR/
[18] http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/safety/pagers.html
[19] http://www.fcc.gov/pshs/services/eas/
[20] http://www.fcc.gov/pshs/services/cmas.html