How to Prepare
Most of the time we don’t think about preparing ourselves, families, or homes for an emergency. Sometimes it’s hard to even know where to begin.
Follow the links below to learn more about what you, and your loved ones, can do to be prepared in emergencies.
General Emergency Preparedness
Building An Emergency Kit
How To Help Kids During An Emergency
- Sesame Street in Communities - Bilingual (English and Spanish) programs that help families prepare for, and respond to, emergencies and provide tools so that children can build the skills they need to become resilient.
- Ready Kids - Whether you’re a kid or teen yourself, a parent or loved one, or work with youth, Ready Kids has tools and information to help before, during and after disasters.
- Disasters and Kids - The American Academy of Pediatrics has developed numerous resources designed to help pediatric health care providers, families and communities prepare for, respond to and recover from, and disasters/other emergency situations.
Emergency Planning For Individuals With Disabilities and Older Adults
- Central Oregon Disability Support Network has on demand training that includes ASL interpretation, as well as closed captioning, that helps people learn how to "get informed", "make a plan", and "build a kit".
- The Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) worked with individuals with disabilities across Oregon to create an Emergency Preparedness Resource Hub.
- Emergency Preparedness Tool Kit For People with Disabilities (ENGLISH)
- Emergency Preparedness Tool Kit For People with Disabilities (SPANISH)
Pet Planning
- The Pet Evacuation Team (PET) exists to serve people and animals in crisis. Emergency animal evacuations and sheltering during disasters are critical to our community and save lives. Check out their website for more information on pet preparedness and evacuation tips.
- Emergency planning with your pet in mind - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
