Toolkits
🧰 Natural Disaster Toolkits
This site provides resources from Ready.gov for natural disasters, preparedness campaigns, and community toolkits.
Natural disaster toolkits are available for the following:
Flood safety
Severe weather preparedness
Wildfire safety
Hurricane safety
Extreme heat safety
Winter weather safety
Earthquakes
🎙️ Available in English + Spanish
📌 This can be found in Severe Weather + Heat-Related Illness
💡 Share on social media, in newsletters, + emails
Added: 09.01.23
🧰 Understanding Air Quality
This toolkit from PHCC provides a downloadable PDF + prepared social media graphics with post copy. Topics include understanding of what air quality is, how it is evaluated, + the most important indoor and outdoor safety measures to take when air quality is unhealthy.
🎙️ Available in English + Spanish
💡 Use the information to create social media posts, newsletters, + emails
Added: 08.11.23
Print Resources
🖨️ Be Prepared for a Winter Storm
This flyer from Ready.gov offers information on how to prepare and stay safe in the event of a winter storm. Information includes protecting yourself during a winter store: before, during, and after.
📌 This can be found in Severe Weather
💡 Download and print or share in newsletters, emails, and with community partners.
Added: 01.23.24
🖨️ Be Prepared for a Power Outage
This flyer from Ready.gov offers information on how to prepare and stay safe in the event of a power outage. Information includes protecting yourself during a power outage: before, during, and after.
📌 This can be found in Severe Weather
💡 Download and print or share in newsletters, emails, and with community partners.
Added: 01.09.24
🖨️ Frostbite + Hypothermia Infographic
This infographic from CDC covers how to avoid, spot, and treat frostbite and hypothermia.
📌 This can be found in Severe Weather
💡 Share on social media, in newsletters, + emails
Added: 11.22.23
🖨️ Winter Storm Safety Checklist
This two-page document from the American Red Cross details what to do before, during, and after a winter storm to stay safe.
🎙️ Available in English + Spanish
📌 This can be found in Severe Weather
💡 Share on social media, in newsletters, + emails
Added: 11.21.23
🖨️ Protect the Skin You're In
These printable flyers from VDH offer tips to protect your skin from sun damage in both summer and winter!
🎙️ Available in English + Spanish
📌 This can be found in Severe Weather + Household Safety
💡 Share on social media, in newsletters, + emails.
Added: 10.16.23
🖨️ Preparedness Tips for People with Disabilities Bookmarks
These printable bookmarks from Ready.Gov provide preparedness tips for people with disabilities to stay informed, make a plan, and build a kit.
📌 This can be found in Severe Weather
💡 Print + share or send to doctor's offices, libraries + other community partners
Added: 09.29.23
🖨️ Disaster Supply Checklist
This checklist from VDH helps people create a disaster preparation kit to "Get Prepared, Stay Prepared."
💡 Share on social media, in newsletters, + emails
Added: 08.21.23
Web Resources
💻 Make a Plan Disaster Kit
This toolkit from DHS offers resources to help individuals + families create disaster emergency plans, including fillable forms + other preparedness materials such as checklists, tips, + resource links.
🎙️ Available in 12 languages
💡 Share on social media, in newsletters, + emails
Added: 08.21.23
💻 Emergency Preparedness Videos
This resource from CDC includes videos from YouTube as well as downloadable videos for Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram on the following topics: evacuation, emergency kits, pets, boil water advisories, hurricanes, and storms.
🎙️ Some videos also available in Spanish
📌 This can be found in Severe Weather
💡 Share on social media, in newsletters, + emails
Added: 09.25.23
💻 Coping with a Disaster or Traumatic Event Videos
This resource from CDC includes videos from YouTube as well as downloadable videos for Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to help people manage their mental health and find resources after a disaster or traumatic event.
📌 This can be found in Severe Weather + Mental Health
💡 Share on social media, in newsletters, + emails
Added: 09.25.23
💻 VDH Extreme Heat + Heat-Related Illness
VDH's website offers tips to avoid heat-related illness, heat-related weather terms, signs + symptoms of heat-related illness, and resources from Red Cross + CDC.
🎙️ Red Cross + CDC resources also in Spanish
💡 Use the information to create social media posts, newsletters, + emails
Added: 07.19.23
💻 CDC Extreme Heat
CDC's website offers hot weather tips, signs of heat-related illness, FAQs, social media resources, + resources for health professionals.
🎙️ Some resources also in Spanish
💡 Use the information to create social media posts, newsletters, + emails
Added: 07.19.23
Videos
📺 What to Do If You're Stuck on the Road
This 30-second video from FEMA provides fun animation reminding you to prepare, plan, and know how you'll stay warm if you are stranded in a winter storm.
📌 This can be found in Severe Weather
💡 Share on social media, in newsletters, + emails.
Added: 01.15.24
📺 How to Prepare for a Winter Storm
This 40-second video from FEMA provides fun animation describing how to prepare for winter storms, including winterizing your home, making a family plan, and preparing emergency kits.
📌 This can be found in Severe Weather
💡 Share on social media, in newsletters, + emails.
Added: 01.15.24