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The aftermath of an unexpected tornado, flood or power outage
can pose a serious health risk for you and your family. It's
best to prepare for an emergency before it strikes. Once a
disaster hits, you may not have the time or the ability to
get supplies.
There are many local, state and national resources available
to help prepare for emergency.
Stay Healthy and Safe: If a natural disaster strikes,
the following guidelines (organized by health topic) can help
keep you and your family healthy and safe.
Food Safety after
a Power Outage
Food Safety
after a Fire
Food Safety of Frozen Canned Foods
Food Safety
for Food Establishments
Food safety -
General information
Well and Septic
Emergency Information - After Flooding and Power Outage
Drinking Water
information
Preventing Disease
in a Flood
Preventing Injury
in a Flood
Carbon
monoxide precautions - Emergency Heating and Lighting
after power outage.
Mold precautions and
clean-up
Clean up of Flood
Damaged Buildings
Mosquito-borne
disease prevention
Electrical hazards
Candle safety
Heat Exhaustion
and Fatigue-related injuries
Dealing with Wild
and Domestic Animals in a Disaster
Emergency Agencies
Fairfax County Office of Emergency Management -
Emergency Information page.
American
Red Cross - Disaster services page.
 Virginia
Department of Emergency Management - Home page.
Small Business Readiness - Virginia
Business Emergency Survival Toolkit.
This web site has been created as a tool to help businesses prepare for, respond
to and recover from disasters. It explains types of emergencies and the problems
they pose; gives you information on how to prepare for them and how to recover
from them; and helps you put it all together in an emergency preparedness plan.
Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA)- Home page.
FEMA Hurricane hazards fact
sheets.
Federal
Emergency Management Agency Preparation and Prevention Library. Printed
copies of many of the resources listed in the FEMA Library
are available in the FEMA Publication Distribution Center
(call 1-800-480-2520 for ordering information) and available
in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (pdf) on the web
site.
You MUST have the Adobe Acrobat
Reader installed on your computer to view and print the pamphlets.
The Acrobat Reader is free and may be downloaded from the
Web site:
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Keep Yourself Healthy
and Safe During
An Emergency
