(updated 2/5/06 )

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Emergency Preparedness Links

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

www.ready.gov

Your family may not be together when disaster strikes, so plan how you will contact one another and review what you will do in different situations. Help guides and templates for developing your own “Family Emergency Plan”.

Texas Homeland Security

www.texashomelandsecurity.com

Every Texas family can take simple steps to help prepare for any type of emergency, including a possible terrorist attack. You can help make your home, community and state safer. Be alert and aware of your surroundings and report suspicious activity to local law enforcement. Learn basic first aid skills. Or volunteer to assist your community’s response efforts.

American Red Cross

www.redcross.org

Disaster services, biomedical services, health and safety, international services, community services, volunteer services and donor information.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

www.cdc.gov

Department of Health and Human Services. Help with concerns about birth defects, disabilities, diseases and conditions, emergency preparedness and response, environmental health as well as answerers to other questions involving our health and well being.