Information and Education

Emergency Preparedness

Emergencies can happen at any time. Tornados, floods, fires, electrical blackouts, winter storms and terrorist attacks are on the news everyday. While thinking about a disaster happening in our own home or community can be scary, being prepared is the best way to ensure that you'll stay safe. Spend some time planning ahead for the "what-ifs" that can happen and increase your chances of making it through an emergency safely.

Contact your county Emergency Management Agency or Red Cross chapter for information on how you can be prepared in the event of an emergency.

Ashtabula County
Emergency Management Agency 440-576-9148	American Red Cross 440-998-2120
Columbiana County
Emergency Management Agency 330-424-9725	American Red Cross north county: 330-332-0028 south county: 330-386-4144
Mahoning County
Emergency Management Agency 330-740-2200	American Red Cross 330-726-6063
Trumbull County
Emergency Management Agency 330-675-2666	American Red Cross 330-392-2551

Additional Resources

American Red Cross
The Red Cross offers a variety of publications that can help prepare you for an emergency. Contact your local Red Cross chapter for more information about the many publications available to help you prepare for an emergency, especially:

Disaster Preparedness for Seniors by Seniors
Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities

www.redcross.org/preparedness

Emergency Management Be-Prepared Kit
The Ohio Legal Rights Services prepared this publication that includes information on being prepared in your own home and going to a shelter. The publication includes checklists to complete as part of your individual planning process.
http://olrs.ohio.gov/beprepared/beprepared.htm

Federal Emergency Management Agency www.fema.gov
FEMA offers the publication "Are You Ready? A Citizen's Guide to Preparedness" which covers a wide range of disaster preparedness situations.

Ohio Emergency Management Agency www.ema.ohio.gov

National Weather Service www.nws.noaa.gov

DisasterHelp.gov www.disasterhelp.gov
The federal government's disaster preparedness web site. Designed to help assist victims of disaster in locating resources they need.

Disaster Relief.org www.disasterrelief.org
A web site including information about disasters worldwide. Includes a list of organizations which may be of use during a disaster.

National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster www.nvoad.org
A partnership in disaster response, this organization was founded on the simple belief that the time to prepare for a disaster is now.