Are You Ready?: A Guide to Citizen Preparedness

1. Are You Ready? is an all-encompassing practical guide for individuals and their families to preparing for all types of hazards and emergencies. It can be used as a reference or a step-by-step guide to developing, practicing, and maintaining emergency plans. It provides information, checklists, and educational materials to help effective plan for before, during, and after any kind of disaster. Topics covered include:

2. Creating a disaster supplies kit

3. Dealing with natural hazards such as floods, earthquakes, and tornadoes

4. Responding to technological hazards such as hazardous materials incidents and nuclear or chemical emergencies

5. General information about terrorism.

As the risk of natural disaster proliferates with global climate change and the frequency of terrorism increases, disaster preparedness plans have become a necessity for American citizens. Prepare yourself and your loved ones with guidance from the experts at the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA.