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Environmental Health and You

Environmental health centers on the relationships between people and their environment. A key part of any comprehensive public health system, environmental health ensures everyone has a safe place to live, learn, work and play.

Emergency Readiness

How Do I Prepare for All Types of Environmental Emergencies?

Some Hints to Prepare an Emergency Kit for an Environmental Emergency

Launched in February 2003, Ready, is a National public service campaign designed to educate and empower the American people to prepare for, respond to and mitigate emergencies and disasters. The goal of the campaign is to promote preparedness through public involvement.

Ready and its Spanish language version Listo ask individuals to do four key things:

  • Stay informed about the different types of emergencies that could occur and their appropriate responses
  • Make a family emergency plan.
  • Build an emergency supply kit.
  • Get involved in your community by taking action to prepare for emergencies.

 

Let the Kids Help Get Prepared too!