Fact Sheets for Disasters
On this page:
Quick Tips:
Basic Health Safety
Basic Clean-Up
Basic Home Re-Entry
Basic Food Safety
Other Tips: Asbestos to Using Bleach
More Detailed Fact Sheets:
Before Flooding Begins
Protect Yourself
Home Clean-Up
Caring for Yourself
For Responders
Quick Tips:
Read these first, they cover the basics of what to do after a disaster.
- Basic Health Safety (PDF: 42KB/2 pages)
- Ahmaric: Basic Health Safety (PDF: 105KB/1 page)
- Arabic: Basic Health Safety (PDF: 222KB/1 page)
- Chinese: Basic Health Safety (PDF: 159KB/1 page)
- Hmong: Basic Health Safety (PDF: 130KB/1 page)
- Karen: Basic Health Safety (PDF: 108KB/1 page)
- Khmer: Basic Health Safety (PDF: 164KB/1 page)
- Laotian: Basic Health Safety (PDF: 71KB/1 page)
- Nepali: Basic Health Safety (PDF: 376KB/1 page)
- Oromo: Basic Health Safety (PDF: 167/1 page)
- Russian: Basic Health Safety (PDF: 162KB/1 page)
- Somali: Basic Health Safety (PDF: 35KB/1 page)
- Spanish: Basic Health Safety (PDF: 51KB/1 page)
- Tibetan: Basic Health Safety (PDF: 176KB/2 pages)
- Vietnamese: Basic Health Safety (PDF: 170KB/1 page)
- Basic Clean-Up (PDF: 42KB/2 pages)
- Ahmaric: Basic Clean-Up (PDF: 116KB/1 page)
- Arabic: Basic Clean-Up (PDF: 209KB/1 page)
- Chinese: Basic Clean-Up (PDF: 160KB/1 page)
- Hmong: Basic Clean-Up (PDF: 130KB/1 page)
- Karen: Basic Clean-Up (PDF: 101KB/1 page)
- Khmer: Basic Clean-Up (PDF: 184KB/1 page)
- Laotian: Basic Clean-Up (PDF: 71KB/2 pages)
- Nepali: Basic Clean-Up (PDF: 434KB/1 page)
- Oromo: Basic Clean-Up (PDF: 244KB/1 page)
- Russian: Basic Clean-Up (PDF: 185KB/1 page)
- Somali: Basic Clean-Up (PDF: 35KB/1 page)
- Spanish: Basic Clean-Up (PDF: 47KB/2 pages)
- Tibetan: Basic Clean-Up (PDF: 182KB/2 pages)
- Vietnamese: Basic Clean-Up (PDF: 176KB/1 page)
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- Basic Home Re-Entry (PDF: 44KB/2 pages)
- Ahmaric: Basic Home Re-Entry (PDF: 98KB/1 page)
- Arabic: Basic Home Re-Entry (PDF: 154KB/1 page)
- Chinese: Basic Home Re-Entry (PDF: 147KB/1 page)
- Hmong: Basic Home Re-Entry (PDF: 84KB/1 page)
- Karen: Basic Home Re-Entry (PDF: 100KB/1 page)
- Khmer: Basic Home Re-Entry (PDF: 138KB/1 page)
- Laotian: Basic Home Re-Entry (PDF: 61KB/1 page)
- Nepali: Basic Home Re-Entry (PDF: 390KB/1 page)
- Oromo: Basic Home Re-Entry (PDF: 174KB/1 page)
- Russian: Basic Home Re-Entry (PDF: 162KB/1 page)
- Somali: Basic Home Re-Entry (PDF: 33KB/1 page)
- Spanish: Basic Home Re-Entry (PDF: 47KB/1 page)
- Tibetan: Basic Home Re-Entry (PDF: 139KB/2 pages)
- Vietnamese: Basic Home Re-Entry (PDF: 148KB/1 page)
- Basic Food Safety (PDF: 43KB/2 pages)
- Ahmaric: Basic Food Safety (PDF: 109KB/1 page)
- Arabic: Basic Food Safety (PDF: 203KB/1 page)
- Chinese: Basic Food Safety (PDF: 153KB/1 page)
- Hmong: Basic Food Safety (PDF: 131KB/1 page)
- Karen: Basic Food Safety (PDF: 91KB/ 1 page)
- Khmer: Basic Food Safety (PDF: 110KB/1 page)
- Laotian: Basic Food Safety (PDF: 182KB/1 page)
- Nepali: Basic Food Safety (PDF: 330KB/1 page)
- Oromo: Basic Food Safety (PDF: 141KB/1 page)
- Russian: Basic Food Safety (PDF: 162KB/1 page)
- Somali: Basic Food Safety (PDF: 131KB/1 page)
- Spanish: Basic Food Safety (PDF: 128KB/1 page)
- Tibetan: Basic Food Safety (PDF: 180KB/2 pages)
- Vietnamese: Basic Food Safety (PDF: 136KB/1 page)
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- Asbestos (PDF: 29KB/2 pages)
- Basic Clean-up for Business (PDF: 45KB/2 pages)
- Biting Insects and Ticks (PDF: 86KB/2 pages)
- Carbon Monoxide (PDF: 48KB/2 pages)
- Confined Space Safety (PDF: 82KB/2 pages)
- Flooded Wells (PDF: 82KB/2 pages)
- Food Donations - Food Safety (PDF: 42KB/2 pages)
- Mold - Basic Info (PDF: 83KB/2 pages)
- Mold Prevention Checklist (PDF: 33KB/2 pages)
- Personal Protective Equipment (PDF: 83KB/2 pages)
- Using Bleach (PDF: 41KB/2 pages)
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More Detailed Fact Sheets:
The following fact sheets give more information and details for action before or after a disaster than the quick tips above.
Before Flooding Begins:- Flood Precautions For Private Water Wells (PDF: 43KB/2 pages)
- Preparing for a Flood (PDF: 44KB/2 pages)
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Protect Yourself:- Extra Immunizations Not Needed During Floods and Other Disasters (PDF: 55KB/1 page)
- Use of an N95 Respirator: Cleaning Up After the Flood (PDF: 55KB/1 page)
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Home Clean-Up:- Asbestos Hazards Due to Flooding (PDF: 54KB/2 pages)
- Bacterial Safety of
Well Water (PDF: 116KB/2 pages)
- Boil Water Notices: Questions and Answers (PDF: 22KB/2 pages)
- Cleaning Up After a Disaster (PDF: 55KB/2 pages)
- Cleaning Up Your Business After a Flood (PDF: 47KB/2 pages)
- Contamination of Buildings by Fuel Oil Due to Flooding (PDF: 37KB/2 pages)
- Dealing with Mold Problems after a Flood (PDF: 57KB/4 pages)
- Preventing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning During Power Outages (PDF: 43KB/2 pages)
- Preventing and Solving Sewage Treatment Problems During a Flood
(PDF: 46KB/2 pages)
- Well and Water System Disinfection for Private Wells (PDF: 250KB/10 pages)
- Condensed Version: Disinfecting Flooded Wells (PDF: 44KB/2 pages)
- Well Disinfection: Public Noncommunity Wells (PDF: 1.53MB/6 pages)
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Caring for Yourself:- Alcohol, Medication, and Drug Use After a Disaster (PDF: 69KB/2 pages)
- Helping Children After the Flood (PDF: 72KB/2 pages)
- When Terrible Things Happen (PDF: 74KB/2 pages)
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For Responders:- Advice for Field Staff Who May Come Into Contact with Bed Bugs during Flood Response (PDF: 95KB/2 pages)
- Guidelines For Facilities Impacted By Disasters
- Health Care Volunteers in Floods and Other Disasters: No Extra Immunizations Needed (PDF: 35KB/1 page)
- Health and Safety Tips for Flood Volunteers (PDF: 49KB/2 pages)
- Long Term Care Facilities Evacuation Tips (PDF: 69KB/2 pages)
- Mass Feeding For Emergency Operations (PDF: 56KB/2 pages)
- Responder Self Care: Caring For Yourself in the Face of Difficult Work (PDF: 74KB/2 pages)
- Volunteers in Floods and Other Disasters: No Extra Immunizations Needed (PDF: 55KB/1 page)
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