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Get a Kit

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  • Kits for Kids
    • This material would be appropriate to disperse at back-to-school nights, libraries, after-school programs, club meetings, etc.
  • Are You Ready? Assemble a Disaster Supplies Kit
    • From FEMA's Are You Ready? An In-Depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness, this page runs through a collection of basic items that members of a household may need in the event of a disaster.
  • Emergency Financial Planning Kit
    • This is appropriate information for local families, small business owners, extension homemakers, and financial planners.
  • American Red Cross Emergency Preparedness Kits
    • American Red Cross provides a list of supplies needed to sustain an adult for 3 days. This information would be helpful to a variety of audiences.
  • Personal Workplace Disaster Supplies Kit
    • This kit is great for employees that, in the case of an emergency, would be forced to stay in the office environment for several hours extra or even overnight.
  • Animal Safety
    • A preparedness kit is essential to the health and safety of pets during a disaster situation. Consider working with local shelters or pet stores to inform the community.
  • Ready America: Get a Kit
    • DHS provides a resource checklist that is very easy to understand and ensures efficiency of a disaster preparedness kit. This would be appropriate information to many audiences.
  • Essentials and First Aid Kit (Junte lo Indispensable/Botiquin de Primeros Auxilios) (PDF)
    • Information about compiling a first aid kit, direct toward the Spanish speaking community.

 

The EDEN National Preparedness Month materials were developed with funding from the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture under CSREES/USDA Agreement No. 2004-37620-14644. Any opinions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Non-Discrimination Statement


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