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American Red Cross - Be Prepared - Pre-disaster preparation checklists and advice for individuals and businesses..

Captain Dave's Survival Center - News and information including disaster types, evacuation planning, food and water preservation and storage, weapons procurement, caching, first aid and survival medicine, plus reviews of survival books and products..

CBS News Disaster Links - Information about a variety of manmade and natural disaster-related websites. Quick reference and access to realtime data..

Chef Noah - Information for disaster and emergency preparedness. Includes a shopping list for weekly food storage buying..

Common Sense Survival Guides - Guides for many different kinds of emergencies available both on the website and in book form..

The Disaster Center - Internet source for worldwide disaster information..

Disaster Preparation - Allstate Insurance disaster and catastrophe preparation and recovery. Safety tips, online claim reporting for damage from hurricanes, tornadoes, hail, wind, lightning, freeze, earthquakes, and wildfires..

Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association - Disaster preparedness and emergency response reference material, job opportunities, and related information..

Emergency Dude - Tutorial on preparation for a wide range of emergency situations, from blizzards to volcanoes. Help on decision making, survival kits, and volunteering after a disaster. Advice for special needs of children, pets, and disabled..

Emergency Email Network - A public private partnership between government, public services and private underwriting sponsors..

Emergency Kitchen - Advice and lists for preparing the home and family for emergencies. Written in the context of Y2K, but equally applicable for all emergency preparations. Includes a summertime test..

Emergency Preparedness Blog - Covers topics related to preparedness and self-reliance, such as food storage, gardening, and heating with wood. Includes directory of outdoors activities..

Emergency Preparedness Center - Free guidebook to download. Illustrated emergency preparedness step-by-step checklist of survival kits and first aid supplies needed for any disaster..

Emergency Survival Guidebook - A 46-page PDF guidebook with emergency preparedness checklists and tips for surviving different types of emergencies..

Equipped to Survive - Disaster Preparedness - Information on survival equipment and skills needed for many plausible scenarios..

FEMA for Kids - A resources for kids to learn about disaster preparedness. Includes information for teachers and students..

Kind Planet - Emergency and disaster preparedness for those with large and small companion animals. Checklists to help organize..

MrsSurvival.com - One stop source for women to gather and learn about preparedness. Featured is the Forum, MrsSurvival.com's Survival Talk for Women..

Notepage, Inc. - Safety information including child safety, storm definitions and emergency preparation..

NurseHealer.com - Hundreds of food and water storage, preparedness, self-reliance, and safety articles and links. Free monthly food storage newsletter, recipes, and newsgroups..

Ol' Buffalo Family Preparedness Checklist - A checklist and links to potential disaster and financial crisis sites..

Peninsulas Emergency Preparedness Committee - Helping family and neighborhoods prepare for earthquakes, volcanoes, fires and floods, in Gig Harbor, Key Peninsula, and Pierce County, WA. Water storage barrels for sale..

Potassium Iodide Radiation Protection FAQ - Nuclear accident/war preventative medicine FAQ with thyroid-blocking iodine sources..

Prepare.org - Basic Preparedness After a Disaster - Preparedness information for vulnerable populations, including seniors, children, people with disabilities and mobilities issues, and people with pets, service animals or livestock..

Preparing For Emergencies - UK government advice and suggestions on how to prepare for, and what to do in the event of, an emergency..

Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) - Public service organization provided by a volunteer reserve communications group within US government agencies in times of extraordinary need. Includes rules, news, organization information and related resources..

Ready.Gov - Emergency preparedness guidance from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, lists and explains specific threats and response. How to prepare, glossary, feedback form and links to related government and private organizations..

Rim's L.A. Disaster Preparedness - Links to organizations that provide information regarding emergencies, including charities, government offices, and utility companies, and information about health threats, highways, fires, floods, hazardous materials, and earthquakes..

Surviving Disaster - How to prepare now to survive a disaster or any extended interruption in utility services or food or water supply. Includes essentials lists and tips on health, water purification, food storage, refrigeration, heat, light, sanitation, pet care, biological and chemical attacks, finance, safety, survival kits, first aid and health..

Taking Shelter From the Storm -- Shelter Plans - Provides advice and instructions for building a shelter from tornados, hurricans and other natural disasters. Includes construction plans and cost estimates. [PDF].

University of Illinois Extension Disaster Resources - Provides access to information on disaster preparedness, including links to disaster agencies, organizations, and information networks..