Patient Resources

72hours.org -- A site from the San Francisco Office of Emergency Services. It includes disaster preparedness information for families and vulnerable populations.

Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness -- This FEMA resource provides a step-by-step approach to disaster preparedness by walking the reader through how to get informed about local emergency plans, how to identify hazards that affect their local area and how to develop and maintain an emergency communications plan and disaster supplies kit. Also is available in Spanish.

Be Prepared — American Red Cross Preparedness Information -- This site includes information on preparing for emergency situations, including terrorism and other disasters.

Build A Disaster Supplies Kit -- The American Red Cross provides this checklist of the basic supplies every family should have on hand in case of an emergency.

Disaster Preparation and Recovery -- Links to disaster and emergency preparedness resources from MedlinePlus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

FEMA for Kids -- Information on disaster preparedness written for and directed specifically at children.

Prepare.org -- Also from the American Red Cross, along with other community-based organizations, this site was created to help individuals and families prepare for natural and human-caused disasters, focusing on serving vulnerable populations.

Ready.gov -- This site provides preparedness materials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.